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Originally Posted by waves
It sounds like brushing irritates your pharynx... a lot... somehow.
I have a few ideas perhaps....
1. Brushing method -- If you brush your tongue and mouth in general (it's good hygiene to do so), you might be be:
---- brushing too far back
---- brushing too hard
---- accidentally touching the more delicate upper parts of the pharynx.
2. Toothpaste -- You might be reacting to your toothpaste. I find the strongly mentholated ones give me a heavier reaction. Try different quality brands and see if a milder-tasting one is easier on you. I personally used to use Crest over there. I think it tasted mildish, but I don't really remember the different tastes now of the US brands. We have mostly different brands here. Here I use Colgate Total (can't get Crest). I remember that I preferred Crest to Colgate over there. YMMV.
3. Chronic irritation due to reflux -- Do please talk to your doctor about the reflux and possibly a gastroscopy. You might only have the heartburn when it's worse -- ie. you might have the problem sometimes without obvious symtpoms. Chronic reflux irritates the pharynx and cause irritation all the way to the base of the tongue. If these tissues are chronically irritated, they will be muuch more reactive to any stimulus, including normal brushing, acceptable toothpaste, mouthwash, etc.
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I'm sure you're not the only person to whom this happens. I think the breaking out into a sweat is probably an anxiety reaction when the symptoms are bad, but the other symptoms all sound like irritation. 
waves |
From regular doctors,to allergy doctors,they do not comprehend. They cannot seem to get it. They do not understand. No one at anytime seems to comprehend the deepness of this issue. I've given up on having this understood. They don't get it,but it's a real problem for me. I've never heard anyone say that they have the same thing. It just launches misunderstandings,and I guess that they think that it's a mild problem,or that I'm exaggerating. I'm not. It's a very serious problem,and I guess that no one will ever understand. It may be irritated by my mental health issues,or maybe that's a part of it. I sure don't know.
When I was getting help with my allergy shots,the insurance companies brought a end to them. Then the medication that helped me with allergies was stopped being made,and I'm trying to figure out how to help myself with these over the counter medications.
I think that my throat,down to my lungs is a very sensitive(Supersensitive)area. I started having these problems when I was about twenty. It affects my ears to. They get congested at the same time. Then they start to pop,and get better after a while. My chest gets conjested,but I cough it out until the episode calms down.
Saltine crackers help me with my throat,and has helped with these attacks.
If I am having a allergy attack in the car,I steam up the windows,so I have to roll down the windows in the Winter until the whatever subsides. I use to get red circles of redness on my face,and neck. Sometimes there would be red areas on my chest. That went away when I stopped drinking alcohol.
Thanks for caring. It's another problem that I have that I,and no one understands. BF