Re: Re: Feeling as if I'm being strangled

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Is this like when you swallow certain things they don't want to go down

unless you move around, drink lots of water, eat something else to push

it down? I get this with bread, potatoes, certain supplements that don't

slide down (of course I like to take a handful at a time and then can't

get them down further). It seems to be getting more problematic than

better for me. I have to make sure I am eating sitting upright as much

as possible, not reclining in a chair.

in La Selva Beach CA

On 10/25/2011 3:30 AM, furstc0404 wrote:

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> Hi Sue,

>

> I have this on/off for many years. Many others I know also

> suffer with this following taking medications.

>

> The little I read about it discusses the vagus nerve

> not functioning properly and affects the muscle in the

> larynx. When I told doctors about it, they didn't know....

> until I showed them some research from science journals!

>

> Its definitely not anxiety or stress related, having said that,

> physiological system is under stress from either illness,

> medications, toxicities, deficiencies...

>

> Copied and pasted from another forum:

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> http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-vagus-nerve.htm

>

> : Neuroscience. 2009 Sep 19. [Epub ahead of print] Links

> Subdiaphragmatic vagotomy promotes nociceptive sensitivity of deep

> tissue in rats.

>

> Furuta S, Shimizu T, Narita M, Matsumoto K, Kuzumaki N, Horie S,

> Suzuki T, Narita M.Department of Toxicology, Hoshi University School

> of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku,

> Tokyo, 142-8501, Japan.

>

> To verify whether vagal dysfunction is associated with chronic pain,

> we evaluated the effects of subdiaphragmatic vagotomy (vgx) on the

> sensitivity toward noxious stimuli in rats.

>

> Note that there's no tissue damage - no overt injury! One of the big

> problems for IBS and FM patients (and ME/CFS) is that there's no

> tissue damage but increased pain = which in the eyes of many means a

> psychological interpretation of their illness. This suggests it could

> be due to a damaged vagal nerve. Interestingly if I remember correctly

> Dr. Perrin believe poor vagal nerve functioning plays a key role in ME/CFS

>

> Vgx rats showed sustained hyperalgesia (increased pain) in the

> gastrocnemius muscle without tissue damage (no increase in vgx-induced

> plasma CPK or LDH levels) accompanied by hypersensitivity to colonic

> distension.

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> We found a dramatic increase in the levels of metabotropic glutamate

> receptor 5, protein kinase C (PKC) gammaand phosphorylated-PKCgamma

> within the spinal cord dorsal horn in vgx rats, which suggests that

> vgx may evoke sensory nerve plasticity.

>

> Interestingly Neurontin (gabapentin) which some ME/CFS patients find

> helpful did help to lower the pain level.

>

> Muscle hyperalgesia in vgx rats was also attenuated by gabapentin and

> amitriptyline, but was not affected by diclofenac, dexamethasone or

> diazepam. These findings indicate that subdiaphragmatic vagal

> dysfunction caused chronic muscle hyperalgesia accompanied by visceral

> pain and both gabapentin and amitriptyline were effective for

> subdiaphragmatic vagotomy-induced pain, which are partially similar to

> fibromyalgia syndrome.

>

> Furthermore, this chronic muscle pain may result from nociceptive

> neuroplasticity of the spinal cord dorsal horn.

>

>

> >

> > I keep having this feeling as if I'm being strangled or I have a

> lump in my throat. It gets worse later in the day. Has anyone else

> experienced this? I have an inhaler for asthma. I thought this might

> be an asthma symptom, but the inhaler doesn't help it at all. Does

> anyone know what this is or how to prevent/treat it? Is it possibly

> part of Fibromyalgia?

> >

> > Thank you for your help.

> >

> > Sue

>