I had the strangest thing happen to me a few days ago. Recently, I've been under a period of the utmost extreme stress imaginable. On this particular day, I became very upset, was about to completely lose it, and experiencing the onset of a full blown, sudden panic attack. This is when I suddenly felt a "burning/tingling" sensation rush up my neck. Once this sensation reached my throat, I felt liquid gushing from my left tonsil. The spots that the liquid had come into contact with suddenly began to burn. I checked my throat and noticed that tiny, pinpoint blisters/pimples began to form where the burning was. The blisters/pimples went away very quickly, though my skin was still red & "burning" where the liquid had touched. The pain was gone the next day and the redness is pretty much gone. I have a history of tonsil stones and I have been smoking nearly triple the amount that I normally do, due to stress, though I didn't have any pain or inflammation of my throat/tonsils prior to this. Does anyone have any idea what this could've been?? Because I am completely lost!
I should probably also add that I had abdominal pain the week prior to this occurrence, my gynecologist gave me a shot of Keflex that day and put me on Flagyl for a suspected Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. It turned out that nothing was wrong, all cultures came back normal, and the pain was due to digestive issues (eating very poorly, suffer from IBS on top of it) and went away on its own. The day after the Keflex shot, I took 2 Flagyl though had to stop due to adverse reactions. I had a constant burning sensation in my face and watery diarrhea. Wondering if maybe this is all somehow related.
Hi,
I think you might need to get to a doctor again, especially if this happens again. From what you described, it sounds to me as if you had a really bad acid reflux attack - the stomach acid can rise all the way up to tonsils and you probably know by now - anything that stomach acid touches outside - hurts with a burning type pain. And given the stress (which alone can cause digestive symptoms to worsen - that much I've experienced myself), smoking and I assume you most likely didn't get to eat properly before taking the Flagyl, there is actually quite a big chance that the medications triggered this. Are you currently on any medications that help you control IBS?
Wish you all the best,
nicole
Wow, that makes complete sense, the acid may have just "felt" like it was coming from the tonsil, I guess...never experienced anything like that before! Thanks!