why is it that once i drink alot (roughly 48 oz) of pop or any kinda fluid my shoulders hurt?

Question

whenever i drink alot of liquid my shoulders, around the sides of my neck start to feel real sore. i don't know anyone else that has this problem, any ideas?

Answer 1

I know it sounds weird...but it could be gas trapped in your body. It happens to me too when I eat/drink something that makes me gassey

Answer 2

It's called referred pain from your diaphragm. When you drink too much soda, all the carbonation that make the bubbles can build up in your stomach. Also, when people drink a lot of soda, they often swallow a lot of air, too. You end up with a stomach full of air. Take some Gas-X or something with Simethicone. If you don't have anything like that around, lay down on your stomach on the floor and put a pillow under your stomach. This will put pressure on your abdomen and encourage you to burp and get it all out!

Answer 3

Is Caffeine Good -- or Bad?

Q: Is there any evidence that coffee affects arthritis? My pain seems to get worse when I consume caffeine.

A: The effects of caffeine on arthritis symptoms are quite difficult to assess, in part because caffeine is widely present in our daily diets. Caffeine tends to act as a mild stimulant, increasing heart rate and metabolic activity. Because of this quality, caffeine often is used to increase the response to simple pain relievers such as aspirin and acetaminophen (Tylenol). There is some evidence in small studies that caffeine's effect on metabolism blunts the effects of methotrexate; however, further work is necessary to fully understand this effect.

Many medical studies have tried to isolate the effects of caffeine on arthritis. At least two of these studies were done in large populations and were well designed, but resulted in different conclusions. The first study, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, found that green tea (with caffeine) seemed to protect against development of RA, but that decaffeinated coffee seemed to increase the risk of its development. Interestingly, regular coffee with caffeine had no influence on RA's development. The second study, funded by the Arthritis Foundation, found little association between coffee, decaffeinated coffee, or tea consumption and risk of RA among women.

Caffeine is a mild stimulant. It may give you more energy; as a result, you may increase your activity, increasing your symptoms in the short term. In my clinical experience, most patients do not have any changes in arthritis symptoms related to caffeine. However, if you experience more symptoms while using caffeine, I would simply recommend that you avoid it. Caffeine is certainly not required as part of a healthy balanced diet.


RONALD S. BENNETT, MD
Rheumatologist


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Answer 4

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