Left Neck Pain & Suffocating When Falling asleep

[ashino]

Hello there,

My story started when I took the antibiotic "Klavox 1g" where each tablet contains "875mg  amoxycillin as the trihydrate, & 125 mg clavulanic acid as the potassium salt", i had side effect like pains in my insides, diarrhea, and my throat closes I stopped using the antibiotic after consuming 3 tablets, but while i was using the antibiotic my throat was close so i used Strepsils, when i used strepsils i felt something melting in my throat and it was open, i thought great so i used another Strepsils soon after, but then i felt something melted in my left neck and as if melted Phlegm went to my left lung and i couldnt breath i was Suffocating and was hardly breathing while make snoring noise then I started to breath normally, but ever since that day when i eat or drink i feel some of  it entering in a hole in my left side of the neck before entering my throat, and when i try to fall sleep at night i feel as if this hole is closing and then i suffocate then i start making the snoring noise again grasping for air and waking up, can someone please shed some light on this issue? i have been telling the doctors what happened to me and no one is believing me , I am very tired i want to sleep i really want to know what is wrong with me :'(

[Ken_PA]

oops, I misspelled 'anaphylaxis'

[Ken_PA]

Naturally, you should never take that antibiotic or an related ones again. Never. And you must always tell any doctor who prescribes anything for you that you have this bad allergy to amoxycillin. The worst that could happen is that you cannot breath at all from anaphalaxis. Otherwise, you can still get permanent internal damage, such as to your kidneys. You might even think about wearing a warning bracelet, or at least carry a card with you.

[Ken_PA]

Ahlan, my guess would be that your severe allergic reaction to the antibiotic might have caused some change in your throat which is now giving you a condition similar to sleep apnea. The glottis can be abnormally falling down and closing off the airway. Have you tried sleeping on your side? Please write back if you try sleeping on your side and that helps you.

Is your heart racing badly when you are awakened? That would mean you  were without oxygen for a while before waking. But if not racing. that is not such a bad condition at this point. But the lack of sleep can eventually cause ill health.

That situation also might be causing sensations in the throat about a hole, though no hole is actually there.