Over the years, occassionally I have this
very weird reaction while eating: My
throat starts to tighten up, severely and
incredibly painfully. It closes so tight,
I wheeze loudly when I breathe in, and
sometimes am doubled over in pain.
It happened the other night again, this
time the most severe it's ever been. I
went to the doctor last year, thinking it
was allergies, and he said it might be
oral allergy syndrome, and told me to stop
eating raw carrots (which were the last
thing to trigger this kind of attack.) On
Saturday, it happened while I was eating a
hamburger. It's happened while eating
leftover roast beef, a grain salad with
cucumbers, tomatoes and feta cheese,
chinese food leftovers, and once while
eating a tuna sandwich.
I'm thinking it's not allergies. I usually
take Benadryl when it happens, but it
clears up within three to five minutes. I
have an epi pen, but I'm scared to use it,
because I'm not sure what will happen if
it's not really an allergic reaction.
I go to the doctor tomorrow, and I'm going
to ask for a referral to an ENT. But if
this has happened to anyone else, and you
have a diagnosis, I'd love to hear it.
