A member asked:

Could my trachea randomly get tight and kill me?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

An anaphylactic: reaction might cause sufficient swelling of the airway that it could be lethal.

Answered 7/5/2014

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Randomly not: An anaphylactic reaction with closing of your trache has to be triggered by some allergen - whether it is a bee /wasp sting or medicaiton or new foods ( etc)

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