This is more common with abusive men. After a good spree, they suddenly (for some reason) may fail some muscles. In fact, the severity of this mysterious phenomenon can range from a slight change in blood tests to complete blockage of the kidneys with debris from damaged muscles.
Why "mysterious"?
Because it's literally mysterious. So until now no one has figured out what is the reason for this strange phenomenon. It is suspected that ethyl alcohol or some products of its processing directly scald muscle cells.
The situation is aggravated by the poor health of alcoholics. If in an ordinary person a muscle can endure a lot and remains functional, then a drinker very quickly becomes limp and falls apart.
Different ways to damage your muscles
In fact, drunkards can damage their muscles in less obvious ways.
Convulsions
Alcoholics have seizures, during which the muscles contract completely uncontrollably, tear themselves and damage themselves.
Squirrel
Roughly the same story happens when, after some abstinence, an alcoholic has delirium tremens. He is very worried, he can run away or climb somewhere. Untrained muscles suffer greatly from a sudden load and can deteriorate.
Disconnect
Have you heard about positional syndrome? This is when a person slept on his arm and lay it down so that the nerve is damaged there, or the muscles fall apart. If you drink a good drink, you can lie in a coma for several hours. Sometimes after this they lose part of their hand forever.
Hunger
It has long been noticed that the muscles are most damaged in those drunkards who eat little. It is believed that in the context of poor nutrition, alcohol is processed more slowly. Therefore, the usual dose can be unexpectedly bad.
As it will be
The muscles will ache and swell. There may be cramps. Any muscles suffer, but more often this happens in the muscles of the legs. In a bad situation, debris from damaged muscles can clog the kidneys.
Chronicle
It doesn't always need to be overused for muscle damage. Sometimes you can drink for a long time, but regularly drink with about the same result. This is called chronic damage. This is usually the case with women.
Muscles chronically damaged by alcohol do not hurt, but rather weaken. Large muscles, hips, shoulders gradually lose mass and strength.
They say that in order to poison your muscles in this way, you need to drink about 13 kilograms per kilogram of body weight over a period of time. It is somehow even difficult for me to imagine this total dose and the persistence with which people pour into themselves.
Interestingly, if you quit drinking, then the muscles can gradually recover, in about a year.
