Beer makes me cough....HELP!!!!

[Scarpozzi]

This past year, I started having issues with beer. I noticed that if I drink a bottle/can of beer, I feel the need to cough. It's like a tickle in my upper respiratory system that makes me feel like I want to cough to dislodge phlegm or whatever.

This is a little concerning to me because beer is a part of my balanced breakfast and daily fitness routine. My wife went and turned all celiac on me, which has benefits (more mexican food, tighter abs, less beer drinking by her and more tequila)....so I actually sampled a few Gluten Free beers that aren't bad...but they're expensive. I've noticed that I don't have the coughing issues with those sorghum beers, or at least I don't think I do.

I don't think I have an allergy to gluten, but let's call this weirdness a food sensitivity that I didn't have in my 20s and 30s.... I was going into coughing fits last year and I think it may have been a combination of beer + me being 20lbs overweight due to my badass cooking and staying in.

Just curious if others have this kind of problem with beer these days.

 

[sdifox]

Maybe it is the CO2?

 

[IronWing]

I thought the brewers solved this problem when they moved away from pull tabs.

 

[BudAshes]

I'm a doctor by hobby and I can guarantee it is cancer, aids or canceraids.

 

[nakedfrog]

Try taking a massive bong rip beforehand next time.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Hmmm, I see... the beer you're probably drinking is too weak, go for a stronger 12% ABV Stout, after a few you won't notice.

 

[Scarpozzi]

I'm a doctor by hobby and I can guarantee it is cancer, aids or canceraids.

Since Google says none of those are caused by beer, that's a relief.

I appreciate the jokes, but I'm being serious...it's annoying and a little bothersome because I like beer as an anytime beverage.

 

[nakedfrog]

I wasn't joking about the bong rip

 

[Captante]

Since Google says none of those are caused by beer, that's a relief.

I appreciate the jokes, but I'm being serious...it's annoying and a little bothersome because I like beer as an anytime beverage.

Caused no ... aggravated though....?

 

[Ken g6]

Acid reflux? Acid getting to your trachea can lead to coughing. I get acid reflux from half of everything these days.

You could try acid reducers. I've hit limits on what I can take so I have to avoid quite a few foods now. But every cloud has a silver lining: I've lost some weight.

 

[Iron Woode]

This past year, I started having issues with beer. I noticed that if I drink a bottle/can of beer, I feel the need to cough. It's like a tickle in my upper respiratory system that makes me feel like I want to cough to dislodge phlegm or whatever.

This is a little concerning to me because beer is a part of my balanced breakfast and daily fitness routine. My wife went and turned all celiac on me, which has benefits (more mexican food, tighter abs, less beer drinking by her and more tequila)....so I actually sampled a few Gluten Free beers that aren't bad...but they're expensive. I've noticed that I don't have the coughing issues with those sorghum beers, or at least I don't think I do.

I don't think I have an allergy to gluten, but let's call this weirdness a food sensitivity that I didn't have in my 20s and 30s.... I was going into coughing fits last year and I think it may have been a combination of beer + me being 20lbs overweight due to my badass cooking and staying in.

Just curious if others have this kind of problem with beer these days.

I get that from ginger ale for some reason. Diet ginger ale doesn't affect me, though. Very strange.

 

[Captante]

Acid reflux? Acid getting to your trachea can lead to coughing. I get acid reflux from half of everything these days.

You could try acid reducers. I've hit limits on what I can take so I have to avoid quite a few foods now. But every cloud has a silver lining: I've lost some weight.

I really do miss being able to eat whatever I want whenever I want.... either I'm in the same boat with reflux/GERD or taking a PPI which is terrible for overall health. Pick your poison.

 

[lxskllr]

Might be some of the esters. I get it from over ripe banana. Try some different beer styles.

 

[Jeeebus]

Crazy outside-the-box thought here, but maybe stop drinking beer?

 

[highland145]

Allergies. Change to wheat, rice or potato.

 

[BudAshes]

Crazy outside-the-box thought here, but maybe stop drinking beer?

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Maybe it is the CO2?

Asymptomatic, COVID-carry, beer drinking slob coughing about for us.

 

[MtnMan]

Allergies. Change to wheat, rice or potato.

If that the case, he's drinking the wrong beer. Beer is made from water, barley, and hops.

 

[Shmee]

It may be some kind of minor allergy? Anyway, I hope you get it figured out and resolved.

 

[DigDog]

Hops allergy

 

[highland145]

If that the case, he's drinking the wrong beer. Beer is made from water, barley, and hops.

The potato is for vodka.

 

[snoopy7548]

IMO beer is overrated.

 

[Scarpozzi]

The potato is for vodka.

I got that. When I was in high school, we were joking around because this girl always had a Nalgene bottle with herbal tea in it... It smelled like it could have been some kind of fermented bev....so we were joking around.... For whatever reason, we coined the phrase, "Potatoes, Grapes, and Herbal Tea" and a fairly large group (13 people) used to chant it to everyone's confusion.

Last year, I was likely having issues with this and actually went to the doctor and got a chest Xray because I was having so many questions about my coughing fits at night. It could have been a combination of acid reflux, weight gain, beer.....I was 245 last July and probably a little lighter now. I'm breathing now perfectly normal. If I eat wheat, I don't seem to have a reaction... I eat spicy food all the time and have no issues. Beer seems to be the only trigger.

I'm almost tempted to go do an allergy test panel like my wife did and see what lights up. But that stuff is pretty expensive and I don't know if I want to know what I'm allergic to.

 

[highland145]

I got that. When I was in high school, we were joking around because this girl always had a Nalgene bottle with herbal tea in it... It smelled like it could have been some kind of fermented bev....so we were joking around.... For whatever reason, we coined the phrase, "Potatoes, Grapes, and Herbal Tea" and a fairly large group (13 people) used to chant it to everyone's confusion.

Last year, I was likely having issues with this and actually went to the doctor and got a chest Xray because I was having so many questions about my coughing fits at night. It could have been a combination of acid reflux, weight gain, beer.....I was 245 last July and probably a little lighter now. I'm breathing now perfectly normal. If I eat wheat, I don't seem to have a reaction... I eat spicy food all the time and have no issues. Beer seems to be the only trigger.

I'm almost tempted to go do an allergy test panel like my wife did and see what lights up. But that stuff is pretty expensive and I don't know if I want to know what I'm allergic to.

I'm sure we got strange looks too.

There is a place that does allergy testing, $400, but they also push their line of products which I don't like. I probably need to call my GP and get this done.

 

[DigDog]

IMO beer is overrated.

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