Sore Throat after vomiting from excessive alcohol intake

A friend sent me this thread due to the same problems I was having with a RAW and SORE throat from throwing up after a night of hard boozing.

I party pretty hard and drink on weekends with my crew but I hadn't gotten sick in YEARS and don't remember my throat feeling so raw and stripped after a night of drinking to the point to where I have to throw up.

This has happened to me twice now over the past year and a half and has been some of the most BRUTAL PAIN that I've experienced in a long time. Some might say its time for an intervention but that's for another forum... I like to party, I party hard, and the people i party with never want to stop, so at some point everyone reaches their limit. Anyway, i'll move on...

Both times after a night of HARD drinking and partying, ive been passed out and somehow (thankfully) I wake up and make my way to a toilet or hallway or wherever to throw up. After a few rounds of throwing up and dry heaving, I can always feel that last bit of stomach acid burning its way up and at that point I cant stop it, so I start throwing up straight stomach acid, laced with pure alcohol.

THAT stomach acid and alcohol mixture is what burns your throat, mouth, and esophagus. The stomach acid that you are throwing up is pure concentrated EVIL and will burn your insides like you took a hot iron to the skin.

Here are some tips on avoiding the acid burn to begin with:

1.) dont drink so much

2.) Even when your drunk out of your mind and are sick as a dog, ALWAYS remember to rinse out your mouth, and drink something to rinse your throat, and then go lay down and get some sleep once your done.

3.) the sooner you can stop yourself from throwing up, the better. so you dont even get to the bottom of your stomach to where that acid and stomach bile is all thats left. 

 

The first time I threw up that stomach acid and booze, i rinsed my mouth out a little and had a bit of water, then went and passed out again. Even tho the raw throat was bad over the next few days, it wasn't as bad as this second time.

The second time, while drunk out of my mind, i threw up, started throwing up the stomach acid towards the end, then passed out right there in the floor for awhile. Not sure how long I was there but i eventually made my way to (someones) bed and passed back out. I didnt rinse out my mouth NOR drink anything until hours later and when I first did, it was like i was swallowing hot knives or razors. Absolute PAIN. Therefore if your past the point of no return, ALWAYS REMEMBER TO RINSE YOUR MOUTH AND/OR DRINK SOMETHING. The acid had already done its damage and burned the hell out of my esophagus and throat. Even the roof of my mouth and near my back molars (teeth) was even stripped and raw from the acid. it sits on the mouth tissues and throat tissues and just eats it away over time like battery acid would. 

 

Now, once the damage is done here's what you do:

Stay hydrated - only drink water, MILK, and anything else that is NON acidic. preferably cold beverages as hot seemed to irritate the healing tissue more. I put emphasis on Milk or any dairy beverage for that matter, because with the acid its a PH balance thing. Cold milk instantly cooled the throbbing pain. although not for long, it would still leave a sort of coat on my throat to where it wouldnt bother me for a bit longer than usual. Juice is a no-no, sodas are a no-no, gatorade is hit or miss. I was able to drink small amounts of gatorade but felt like there was still a bit of a burn going down until i was healed.

Food - eat only SOFT foods. soups, mashed potatoes, creamy pastas, yogurt, pudding, jello, etc, etc. anything solid that will chew down into a sort of paste before swallowing. or just chew it good enough to where there are no big chunks whatsoever. and again NON acidic stuff. no marinara sauces, no spicy sauces, no citrus, nothing that burns. its still gonna hurt a bit going down but the smoother and blander it is, the less pain you'll go thru.

PAIN - the pain is something that you just have to get thru until the throat and esophagus heals. I gargled with chloroseptic throat spray all day everyday, drank warm tea with honey, and took advil all day everyday for about a week straight until the pain finally subsided. 

ALSO - once the pain starts to go away, that means your tissues are healing and should be back to normal soon after. during this time, remember to still take care of it and be easy on yourself. Once it healed up a bit, I started switching between gargling with salt water (saline) and mouthwash (bacteria killer) to keep it clean. Remember that tissue can get infected from additional damage and irritation (smoking, drinking, etc) so make sure to get back to 100% before you go boozing hard again. If it gets infected, you can get sick (something like strep throat) and worse infection can spread to other parts of the throat, inner ear, and other parts of the mouth. 

 

 

Good luck to all who are on this board seeking some sort of recovery methods. And dont let it happen again, like I did. 

 

I have the same problem.  I threw up 3-4  hard. I drank a heineken keg plus 6 grolsh beers. Now I wish I hadn't.  It's hard to sleep, eat now. I am trying creame of wheat. And eat some vegetables.  Maybe work? I am almost fricken 40 years old and haven't had this ever happen before!!!!! Why now.

sunday mornin feeling ruff what best thing to sooth throat

 

Exactly the same story here, with the same amount of debauchery causing it. But I have to say: Epic Thread!!On day four here...

Day four. Had to go to the doc, the burns in my throat and sinuses got infected and spread to my ears, double ear infection, still cant eat or even drink comfortably. 2 antibiotics ,percocet and shame is what he sent me away with. Its AA after this for me, i thought i was dying. f**k you cuttysark

Can someone please come back from older in to post to tell us all how long it actually took to get better? On day 6 right now!

Thank you! i read like 2 pages of this fourm and there was nothing the helped except this so far, especially with switching to vape for a few days!

Im on night number 3. Wends night I drank. The next morning I was vomiting so heavily I was on a 5 min clockwork. I was at 102 temp with fever, chills, and sweats. I felt like I was freezing to death, so cold I cannot even describe to you. About 6 min later I would be burning up and so so hot. The acheness was devestating. I couldn't lift my head, even my eyebrows felt heavy. I couldn't eat or drink without vomiting. My mother gave me a medicine called emetrol which is supposed to stop vomiting. I threw that up. And if that wasn't bad enough I had diahrea on top of it all. I ended up going to urgent care because of lack of hydration and having to get an Iv put in. They gave me another mediciene which worked much better and stopped the vommiting. That whole day all I ate was Veggie broth and warm water. My doctor told me to only eat broth, crackers, rice, bannana, apple sauce, and toast. All I could get down was veggie broth, warm water, and crackers soaked in the veggie broth (so soaked they where almost non-exsistant)

Okay, now day 2. No more diharea or vomiting. Fever is at 100-100.7 and acheness is still there. But now my throat is blazing and my nose is running. I can't talk. Its awful. I ended up getting down some steamed rice, more veggie broth, luke warm tea, and more soaked crackers. I started coughing as the day went on, but it was mild.

Day 3

The cough is no longer mild. I can't even go about a min without hacking. My throat is still blazing. All morning I was acheing. By around 3pm the achenss started to suside. At 6pm I had to go to work. A night shift only 5 hours. I barely made it. My voice is completly gone now. The acheness is back. My temp is at 99 (at least its not 100). I still haven't eaten anything except veggie broth, tea, and warm water. I did find that if you boil water really really really hot, and just hold it to your nose and breath in the vapor, it significantly helps the sinus issue. My nose is also completly crusted from all the nose stuff. Im going to try eating some light mac and cheese after reading this page. I havn't tried any dairy. Hopefully it will help.

I have mono and I've been throwing up for a week now so I have that same burn in my chest, the doctors at the hospital gave me Maalox which is an over-the-counter medicine to help with that burning feeling and it works well you should try using that.

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i'm on day 3 or 4 lost count. It hurts as if its day one. im dying. the wrost it has ever been. hot soups and tea is the only thing i can swollow. but even then it hurts so bad. it hurts to breathe, swollow anything. i went to the doc and they only gave me ativan and zofran to stop throwing up, no pain meds but thats what i feel like well cure me now. i have been drinking a bottle of pepto, tons of ibp, and tylenol. Im going to start to gargle salt water now!  i just want to know when the pain is going to end!

Word of advice my friend made me a hot sex on the beach with calls for the cinnamon alcohol but on top of that he put extremely hot hot sauce addictive in it which I didn't know I didn't have a lot to drink so I didn't throw up. Anyways my throat and chest killed. DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT smoke marijuana during or right after don't evenlike days after. Wait til it heals completely because if you don't your chest starts to really hurt. Arm goes numb or tingly get light headed and dizzy and feel like your going to pass out. You get the chills or get sweaty really bad. You can't even sleep because you can't sit still cause your get bad panic attacks pulsing body your neck under your chin and the side of you neck swells up and you feel like your going to pass out and feels like your having a heart attack. Even after the fact like days later like I went in to the ER on November 11 and it's now the 26 of November. I still can't smoke marijuana because I get the same symptoms because I tried on the 24. Vaporizors arnt as bad as smoke but it can still effect you just not as bad as the smoke but the first night was the worst I though I was going to die and toke loved ones I know that I loved them ect. Even if you smoke just a little bit you might feel fine but then after if not hours later it will hit you.  I figured this out myself that's after getting a ekg and blood work done. And realized this a week later that's what was cause it by doing a lot of research online cause it the same thing as for like when people have acid reflux it will cause this and I assure you its not in your head and not anxiety. For whatever reason the burning on your throat causes your body or brain or something to cause these symptoms. I still haven't recovered from this and it's so messed up cause marijuana is my friend. 

Day 4 ow..... Please heal already... Went to bed after a bottle of sambuca, kind of drunk but still able to walk. Woke up and couldnt move without throwing up or going into hot/cold flushes. It should go away in a couple of days but until then... Feels worse then any sore throat virus ive ever had

P.s toast is meant to be good for sore throats... Will this have the same effect here or make it worse... The toast is meant to scratch to allow healing to start quicker

I've recently been sick and have a sore throat. We've both strained it, it's like a sharp feeling. My option would be a soothing hot drink over you've recovered. I hope you get better