Can Coughing rupture the Esophagus?

[RachelStorm98 12]

Hey guys! It's been a very long time since I've been on these forums. I don't post often. So, I feel so bad because my health anxiety has come back but I suppose with this health crisis pandemic it's kinda normal. 

About 5 days ago I had quite a coughing fit. I had a piece of cookie dough ice cream go down the wrong pipe, so I was trying to clear it out of my lungs. I was coughing pretty hard, and was laying in bed, so I'm concerned that I may of have torn a hole in my esophagus. 😕 I hhad chest pain after and neck pain, but it wasn't severe. I shrugged it off and went to bed. However, the next day my neck was still irritated and sore, and I noticed a sharp, stabbing pain in my left upper rib cage. I felt like someone stabbed me in the side with a knife. (Ironically it also feels like a pinched nerve along with the pain. Numbness feeling.) It felt like a pulled muscle. I also had this pain in my upper back and shoulder. I had rib pain on my right side but it was less sore than the left side. My chest still was sore from the coughing fit. It hurt to breathe in deeply and it hurt to breathe in general. I just figured it was still sore from all of that coughing. I have had no fevers over the past 5 days. I was hoping this pain in my ribs/chest/neck would of have gone away by now but no luck. I get chest pain after eating, but Meh. I also have a hiatal hernia and GERD (both were officially diagnosed by my doctor, so no self diagnosis here. ) I haven't had much of an apitite to be honest. I've been able to have bowel movements so I am just really unsure. 

With this whole cornavirus thing going on It's very risky for me to go to the ER to get it checked out. :c There is no way for me to get an X ray or a CT scan so it puts a lot of stress on me. I can't risk going and Potentially bringing Covid 19 back from the ER to my grandparents! Both of them have underlying health conditions so if they caught it they would most likely die. 😞

Is it possible to rupture your esophagus just by coughing? I hope I'm just overreacting and that it's just a coincidence. I mean like I've eaten and drank stuff since then. Like where does all of that stuff go if there was a hole in my esophagus? Wouldn't I have already gone into septic shock by now due to infection? I've been able to keep hydrated and have bowel movements too... 

I'm basically waiting this out and praying for the best. I hope it's just a coincidence like it was last year with a different topic. (I had thought I got fluoride poisoning from toothpaste but in reality I just had a case of gastroentris or the stomach flu.)

I can't go anywhere unless my grandparents litterly drag me to an ER or called paramedics. If I had life threatening complications or something. Even then, I don't want to be insensitive to the ER doctors. I know that they are dealing with a lot. My anxiety has mostly gone away for the most part after my gallbladder was removed but I can't help but feel like my body is trying to tell me that something is wrong and that it is going into fight or flight response again. 

I just want to get to the point where I can eat some dinner again without worrying LOL. I'm starving. 

[MARC 431]

I have never heard of this happening to anyone. I would try not to worry and begin to enjoy your life again. 

[MARC 431]

There is a condition called Mallory Weiss syndrome, but this is also extremely rare.