Difficulty swallowing anything, possibly allergic reaction.

[bob18985]

*I am currently on Nexium and I have been diagnosed with acid reflux disease.
Yesterday at 2 P.M. I drank probably 3 ounces of water with warm honey and apple cider vinegar added. Shortly after, my throat started to feel strange and I felt as if my throat was gradually starting to close. I immediately took Zyrtec-D when the symptoms started, about  5 minutes after the drink. About four hours later the feeling had not gone away, and was gradually progressing. I went to a doctor nearby and he examined my throat. He did say that my tonsils were swollen and noticed the white gunk I had on my left tonsil, but he did not see anything wrong with my throat. I told him I have abnormally large tonsils and they usually look swollen normally because of the size. He recommended I take a Benadryl in case the reaction was allergic, because the Zyrtec-D was not working. At around 7, I went to another family doctor (after having taken half a Benadryl tablet and a liquid dose because I could not swallow the full Benadryl). He speculated that it may be acid reflux related and said I should take tums or Mylanta. I took 2 tums and was not feeling any better. Immediately after the visit I felt my throat getting worse and we went to the Emergency Room. We put our name on the list and decided to go to the store to buy Mylanta. I took the Mylanta and returned to the Emergency room about 30 minutes later. At around 8 o'clock my symptoms had not receded, but I did not feel like staying at the Emergency Room because of the wait and the symptoms started to become bearable. I went home and went to sleep. Today, I woke up and my symptoms are exactly the way they were yesterday without a change, but the feeling was different. I almost felt as if I had a wad or ball of mucus stuck in my throat causing the difficulty swallowing. I took decongestant and Mylanta early in the morning. I did notice I was congested, but they did not grant me any relief at all. Afterwards, I took a very warm shower and felt the mucus loosening but without any resolve. I returned to the ER this morning and met with a nurse practitioner. She suspected there might have been some sort of swelling in my throat and decided to give me a steroid shot in order to reduce the swelling. They could not give me an endoscopy there because they did not have the necessary materials, and the earliest I can receive one is in two weeks due to the fact the only doctor doing them here is booked 2 weeks in advanced. Now, after taking the shot I passed out for a few minutes, (I had not eaten since this event started) but I gradually began to feel temporary relief. I came home took my Nexium for my acid reflux, and drank an Ensure, 2 glasses of water, along with a small meal from Wendy's. (nuggets, fries, and a burger)  It is getting late now and symptoms are returning. I had my shot give to me about 10 hours ago. What else should I try to relieve my symptoms and what could this possibly be? Note: There is no general pain related with this issue. It is simply difficulty swallowing, even with my own saliva. I feel the water slowly go down my throat as if it is struggling to drain because of a blockage. I do not think this is food-blockage related because I had not eaten the day this started.

[silverfox67]

  I agree - green stools are indicative of a food allergy.  You are probably allergic to the honey.  Either you are allergic to the plant the bees ate or you have become allergic to bees.
     You might want to see an Allergist to become less allergic to bees or their honey.
     I would continue to take Benedryl or Chlorphenaramine until the swelling goes down.  Seems one or two wasn't enough.  Some histamines are harder to control because they are too strong for your body.

[Flycaster305]

Green stools are very often a sign that wastes are going through the system too quickly, often caused by either allergies, a high fat diet, etc.  A fast food diet of nuggets, fries and burger certainly qualifies as very, very high in fat, and in my opinion is hardly a light meal.  To those of us who have had GERD surgery and heart surgery, the meal is an absolute fat/cholesterol bomb, guaranteed to give you problems.
I'd mix in a very low fat diet of salads and vegetables, basically eliminate red meat, use olive oil, etc for a week and see if your symptoms improve.

[bob18985]

I just noticed that I've had chronic green stools these past few days, along with abdominal cramping. With all the previous symptoms. Now, I am more worried.

[Baed]

Okay, that could be related to acid reflux. The same thing happened to me and my larynx was inflamed. If you want to see what I did that really helped me, search for my forum labeled "GERD."

[bob18985]

Middle/lower part of my throat. Not near the tonsils.

[Baed]

Where does it feel the food is getting stuck? Do you feel it doesn't get passed the top part of your throat - like around your tonsil area - or do you feel it does not go down in the middle part of your throat. I have had problems with swallowing last year and it was due to my enlarged tonsils, and I had an infection. Nobody could figure out what was wrong. They thought it was just big tonsils, but they didn't think the swallowing had anything to do with it. Turns out, it did. There was white puss behind my tonsils, which caused swelling. I would go to an ENT and had them scope your throat. They specialize in this type of issue, and will be able to help you better.

Also, if it's Acid Reflux, the burger, nugets and French fries will only worsen your condition. If it was an allergic reaction, I would think it would go away by now, and the steroid would of definitely helped right away.