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What Causes Gagging Sensation While Brushing Teeth?
Question: Occasionally, when I brush my teeth, I gag. Last night it felt like electric shocks going down both arms, chest, back, neck, Very painful. Woke to a terrible headache and sore muscles, especially left arm. What causes this? Was so concerned almost went to ER,
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Brief Answer:
Do you still have such sensations?
Detailed Answer:
HI and thanks for this query.
I am so sorry to hear about what you experienced. At times, it gets difficult to pinpoint everything that happens unless it happens repeatedly. Your symptoms and what you experienced isn’t typical of any disease condition and I cannot immediately say what this represent: Am not sure any other physician is able to do so, either.
However, if this happens again, I will request for detailed examination followed by basic laboratory investigations. This, only if it happens again. For now, I will not recommend any special evaluations or examinations unless you report that this again happened. Kindly inform me if it does.
I hope this reassures you. For now, monitoring is all i recommend. It is good and the best and most logical thing to do at this point in time. Feel free to followup an request for more information and clarifications if need be.
Do you still have such sensations?
Detailed Answer:
HI and thanks for this query.
I am so sorry to hear about what you experienced. At times, it gets difficult to pinpoint everything that happens unless it happens repeatedly. Your symptoms and what you experienced isn’t typical of any disease condition and I cannot immediately say what this represent: Am not sure any other physician is able to do so, either.
However, if this happens again, I will request for detailed examination followed by basic laboratory investigations. This, only if it happens again. For now, I will not recommend any special evaluations or examinations unless you report that this again happened. Kindly inform me if it does.
I hope this reassures you. For now, monitoring is all i recommend. It is good and the best and most logical thing to do at this point in time. Feel free to followup an request for more information and clarifications if need be.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
but not this painful. I can gag easily and occasionally get these sharp electric shocks, tensing up all my muscles. But this time was very painful, could barely make it to bed.
Brief Answer:
This is probably close trigger pain!
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thanks for this precision.
I am of the thinking that you gag such that a nerve is triggered which gets all the muscles to contact. I will suggest that you do so more gently and identify movements that do not necessarily provoke this. Take it gently, a step at a time.
Thanks
This is probably close trigger pain!
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thanks for this precision.
I am of the thinking that you gag such that a nerve is triggered which gets all the muscles to contact. I will suggest that you do so more gently and identify movements that do not necessarily provoke this. Take it gently, a step at a time.
Thanks
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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