Question: Two weeks ago, I was at a restaurant eating Miso soup and suddenly had difficulty swallowing. I felt my throat had become swollen and it was making it difficult for me to breath Shortly thereafter, I began to shake uncontrollably. I went to the ER and they gave me Epinephrine and Benadryl which helped. I was released with diagnosis being allergic reaction and prescribed steroid pills for 6 days. The next day I felt better and was able to eat until dinner at which time eating became difficult again. A few days later, while eating Hamburger, I developed chills again my throat swelled up and I also noticed that my neck turned red and felt stiff and swollen. I took Benadryl which relieved all these symptoms.

In the last 2 weeks, I've been to the ER 2 more times, I've went to Urgent Care and I went to the ENT. My complaints included difficulty swallowing, extreme fatigue, neck redness, stiff neck, loss of appetite and frequent urination.

Tests performed: CT Scan throat, blood tests, chest x-ray, EKG, nose and throat evaluation by ENT. Results were essentially normal except for: Low potassium, dehydration, Candida in the mouth.

Taking potassium seems to help with the fatigue and Benadrryl seems to help with the swallowing.

The swallowing issue remains but it is less frequent and I'm not really taking Benadryl anymore, Difficulty swallowing seems to go away quickly.

Most recently, I've noticed that I have awaken many times at night with swollen or numb hands. Seems like my symptoms always become worse later in the day,
Also symptoms tend to go up and down. Sometimes I feel almost normal.

My main concerns right now are:
1) Why is my Potassium low causing me to experience severe fatigue at times?
2/ Why am I still getting swallowing problems 2 weeks after initial incident?
3) Why am I frequently urinating causing me to become dehydrated?
4) Why are my hands falling asleep at night while I sleep?

Looking forward to your response.