# One specific Hive, from drinking. Frequently. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 13, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563 "2014-11-13T20:37:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Henryunderborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58f4c7/32.png) [@Henryunderborn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henryunderborn)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563/1 "2014-11-13T20:37:42Z")
For the past 2 years, after spending any night of excessive drinking, I will wake up to find this same exact hive, approximately the same exact shape and size, sort of like a burn blister, on my inner bicep. What is going on with this? Groggy, slumpy, hyper, shaky, cranky, surrree… regular symptoms, you can expect to be regular. ONE… **friggin** … hive… not splotches, not scattered, not riddled with other such anomalies, but just the one. SO - whats the science of this one molecular immorphitation. I know last night it was all beers. But as far as the last 2 years, if it has been the consistent factor. Alternate options are Yellow Tail - Shiraz Jameson/Jack Daniels - whiskey Kettle One - Vodka. Inform, please. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563/2 "2014-11-13T21:17:33Z")
Closer to your elbow, in the middle, or near your armpit? Any pain involved, or just swelling? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563/3 "2014-11-13T22:15:40Z")
Medical advice is best suited to IMHO. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Henryunderborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58f4c7/32.png) [@Henryunderborn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henryunderborn)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563/4 "2014-11-13T22:20:17Z")
Middle of the inner seem of my tri cep and bicep. No pain. Just there. in the same exact dimensions. gone a day or two later. no scars. I don’t know how to move threads ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563/5 "2014-11-13T22:44:24Z")
Antediluvian Collywobbles. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563/6 "2014-11-13T23:06:52Z")
You have a [chimera](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(genetics)) who is allergic to alcohol. Call him “Teetotaling Mini-Me.” I see a TLC special in your future. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563/7 "2014-11-13T23:19:16Z")
Personal question: did you ever rest that part of yourself against someone’s privates? I think you have arm herpes. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563/8 "2014-11-13T23:52:06Z")
It is _definitely_ related to your molecular immorphitation. ---
**Author:** ![Henryunderborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58f4c7/32.png) [@Henryunderborn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henryunderborn)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563/9 "2014-11-14T16:57:30Z")
guys for real, i express my thoughts weird. I wasnt educated. I am sorry. that you take it the way you do. But I have an anomale, that a doctor will only say… hmmm… go on your tread mill and stop drinking, it will clear right up. ok cool. but. it goes away on its own, leaving no scars or complications. SO… collective minds of the WORLD WIDE WEB. You correspondents of a signature collective of time and geographic cultural circumstances. I seek you out, bring me your ideas. It does not occur every night of drinking. It does not scar or scab. It shows up on the mid seem of my tricep/bicep. It goes away within a day. It holds the dimensions of a burn blister. The same exact dimensions every time. The same spot every time. No pain. No itch. No fuzz. No puss. No guff. it just exists with my hangover, and recedes on its own. What is it? How is it so, as it is, the same every time, that it is? ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563/10 "2014-11-14T17:31:47Z")
I think the jokes are more because nobody has ever heard of that happening, not as a way to make fun of how you write. I’ve certainly never heard of anything like that, even as a full-body reaction to alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563/11 "2014-11-14T17:34:09Z")
Sounds like an allergy. You could try taking a Zyrtec before you go drinking (and maybe drink a little less because the Zyrtec might make you tired) and see if it still happens. If it doesn’t happen, it’s probably an allergic reaction, if it does still happen it’s probably something else. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563/12 "2014-11-14T17:35:03Z")
If it really says “Kettle One” on the label, the problem could be methanol poisoning from the Chinese knockoff you’re drinking. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563/13 "2014-11-14T17:36:12Z")
When you say > [@](#): > > … that a doctor will only say… hmmm… go on your tread mill and stop drinking, it will clear right up. , that leads me to believe that you haven’t bothered to go see a doctor. Go see a doctor. edited to add: and quit making up words and phrases to make yourself seem smarter, like " immorphitation". ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563/14 "2014-11-14T17:37:39Z")
> [@dracoi](#): > > I’ve certainly never heard of anything like that, even as a full-body reaction to alcohol. I’ll occasionally get really puffy red eyes. I won’t know it’s happening until someone asks me if I’ve been crying. At that point all I have to do is stop drinking for about 20 minutes and it goes away. I assume it’s not the alcohol though, I’m sure it’s something else. My theory, thus far, is that it happens at restaurants that use real strawberries in their margaritas. The first time it happened was the first time I had a Orange Juice and Malibu. If that uses real coconut, maybe I’m allergic to coconut too. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563/15 "2014-11-14T17:42:40Z")
[Psoriasis?](http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/psoriasis/prevent-flare-ups) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563/16 "2014-11-14T17:52:59Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I’ll occasionally get really puffy red eyes. I won’t know it’s happening until someone asks me if I’ve been crying. At that point all I have to do is stop drinking for about 20 minutes and it goes away. I’ve had that happen! It was vodka/tonic. I tried leaving out the tonic, it still happened. Left out the lime, it still happened. Left out the swizzle stick and it hasn’t happened since!! ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563/17 "2014-11-14T18:16:44Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Sounds like an allergy. You could try taking a Zyrtec before you go drinking (and maybe drink a little less because the Zyrtec might make you tired) and see if it still happens. If it doesn’t happen, it’s probably an allergic reaction, if it does still happen it’s probably something else. I get histamine reactions when I drink sometimes, especially beer or red wine. Face gets really red and hot, face and hands swell. One Zyrtec works like a charm for me. So there, OP, among all the mirth and unhelpful wisecracks you did get one piece of actual good advice, backed up by the anecdotal experience of at least one other poster! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563/18 "2014-11-14T18:48:00Z")
Speaking as an MD making a WAG, I’d have to wonder if that particular area had some sort of trauma in the past, particularly thermal, such as a 2nd degree burn or frostbite injury. That could make that patch more responsive to histamine release which often occurs during and after intoxication. Or not. But it’s the first hypothesis that popped into my head. ---
**Author:** ![Henryunderborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58f4c7/32.png) [@Henryunderborn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henryunderborn)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563/19 "2014-11-14T19:17:54Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > When you say , that leads me to believe that you haven’t bothered to go see a doctor. > > Go see a doctor. > > edited to add: and quit making up words and phrases to make yourself seem smarter, like " immorphitation". IMmorphitation - the alteration of an existing structure, where it reverts to its previously existent state, without any evident signs of transfer; by the resulting transformation. Immorphitation: I made it up. Bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563/20 "2014-11-14T19:56:37Z")
Have you been to a doctor any time in the last two years? Do you intend on seeing a doctor any time soon? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-specific-hive-from-drinking-frequently/704563.md?page=2)