Just A Coincidence?

The other night, I had some leftover chicken salad that Jason had made and it had a bit of kick to it (spice).  Nothing major and nothing we'd not had before.  I followed it up with a Canadian potato chip brand that had an interesting flavour combo (not my favourite but I wanted to finish the bag) of smoked paprika and garlic, again, flavours I'm used to although the chips were new to me.

Not long after I'd finished eating, my throat became sore.

This... stressed me out.

I wondered if it was some sort of allergic reaction to something I had just eaten since it came on so quickly.  I tried googling as I know that a symptom of anaphlyaxis can be difficulty swallowing, but the results weren't helpful.  I didn't think I was having a deadly allergic reaction but I've known some friends who had the start of a severe allergic reaction who started with some odd symptoms (I had one work friend who got tingling lips when she had an apple and we eventually were like "you maybe shouldn't do that and should see someone about it just in case?") so my brain got anxious and I stressed out.  Which helps NOTHING.

I took a Reactine and had some Benedryl on hand in case things got weird.  I had some honey in hot water to soothe my throat (it didn't seem to do much?) and then I had some hot water I sipped on after.

I took some Vitamin C and Cold-Fx in case I was getting sick rather than reacting to something but I got really in my head about it and worried.

My throat felt fine the next morning which was a relief.  And for dinner that second day I did have the rest of the leftover chicken and don't think I had any issues but just to be on the safe side I won't be buying that flavour of chips again.

So, yeah.  Maybe something in my throat didn't like something I ate?  Or maybe a sore throat from fighting off some germs just happened to show up moments after I ate?  I have no idea, and no real way of knowing.  And yes, I did look in the back of my throat with a flashlight but it didn't look, for example, how it did when I got sick or had strep.  I also gargled with some salt water before bed, so I did try to help it feel better but yeah it was a rather unsettling thing and an odd coincidence if it was one.