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#323735 - 03/24/14 06:03 AM
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From time to time I get gastroesophageal reflux. My throat is burnt by the acids coming up to the back of the mouth. Painful and disgusting, ruins my life for a couple hours.
And more rare, but nonetheless I get it one or two times a year, a very small drop of saliva enters the trachea and goes down towards the bronchus. This always happens while I'm asleep, and the result is a laryngospasm, meaning that throat closes. I can expel air, but I can't get it back in. It's an awful feeling since I really think I'm going to die by asphyxia. It goes away in 10-15 seconds but they are painful seconds and leave me with very sore throat, dizziness and severe coughing that worsens the sore throat.
Tonight *both* happened at the same time. Acid reflux went up and entered the trachea, closing everything. This prevented me from trying to swallow down as quick as possible the acid to minimize damage, so it had plenty of time to burn everything. So I was burning inside while trying to breath desperately.
The aftermath was severe coughing each 1-2 breaths during half an hour, with PAAAAIIIIINNNNN. I took some analgesics and it seems they're making effect so I'm back to bed. It's 5am here 
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Re: Nice night
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#323796 - 03/26/14 04:36 AM
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> From time to time I get gastroesophageal reflux. My throat is burnt by the acids
> coming up to the back of the mouth. Painful and disgusting, ruins my life for a
> couple hours.
>
> And more rare, but nonetheless I get it one or two times a year, a very small drop of
> saliva enters the trachea and goes down towards the bronchus. This always happens
> while I'm asleep, and the result is a laryngospasm, meaning that throat closes. I can
> expel air, but I can't get it back in. It's an awful feeling since I really think I'm
> going to die by asphyxia. It goes away in 10-15 seconds but they are painful seconds
> and leave me with very sore throat, dizziness and severe coughing that worsens the
> sore throat.
>
> Tonight *both* happened at the same time. Acid reflux went up and entered the
> trachea, closing everything. This prevented me from trying to swallow down as quick
> as possible the acid to minimize damage, so it had plenty of time to burn everything.
> So I was burning inside while trying to breath desperately.
>
> The aftermath was severe coughing each 1-2 breaths during half an hour, with
> PAAAAIIIIINNNNN. I took some analgesics and it seems they're making effect so I'm
> back to bed. It's 5am here
Have you talked to a doctor about that? Beyond being painful, chronic acid reflux can cause serious damage to your esophagus.
I've had that saliva drip thing happen once or twice, that is the absolute worst. For a split second, you're convinced you're going to die.
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#323814 - 03/26/14 10:06 AM
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> Have you talked to a doctor about that? Beyond being painful, chronic acid reflux can
> cause serious damage to your esophagus.
What's a doctor? ^_^
Well that is caused by my sleeping position. Nothing to do with stress, eating habits, or anything. I can't correct it ATM but hopefully one of these days it'll happen.
> I've had that saliva drip thing happen once or twice, that is the absolute worst. For
> a split second, you're convinced you're going to die.
Yes, that's how you wake up, with the urgent feeling that you will not be able to breath anymore and death is inminent. Lungs are empty and there's no exit. However since I gained weight when I quit smoking, they are recurrent (as I said, once or twice a year), and after an initial moment of panic, I know it will go away and I just have to endure it.
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