Why do my hands & feet burn and itch when I drink alcohol?
It may turn out that you have elevated blood sugar, perhaps “pre-diabetes”. You may have noticed more recently some light tingling or numbness in your extremeties, which could be neuropathy associated with elevated blood sugar. Diabetes is known for causing, among other things, poor circulation resulting in damage to nerves as well as arterioles. Some theories involve the myelin sheath that surrounds nerve tissue where the elevated glucose in the blood causes a chemical reaction damaging the sheath. When the sheath is damaged it’s easier to irritate the actual nerve itself, and alcohol in the bloodstream is definitely an irritant. …sounds like you might want to cut the alcohol first and foremost, but more importantly for the long term, you’ll want to go have a checkup to see how your body system is functioning…. BTW, the reason I know this is because it’s a condition I had. I went and bought a glucometer, found out I was elevated, and went in to the doc. The info above is as it app
