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"Does anyone get a raw/irritated/tender throat from smoking estate pipes or specific tobaccos?"
I just bought this estate from my local B&M several weeks ago and I swear this pipe is cursed. At first, I couldn't get the cake out of it, not even with a reamer, then, I couldn't get the smell of 40+ year old aromatic smoke out of it, then, the stem cracked on me, then it wouldn't keep lit, NOW my throat is all messed up! Went out lunting on my lunch break yesterday with the old sucker and -admittedly- got my pipe going pretty hot. Out of the blue last night, I started getting a sore throat on my left side but didn't feel like a normal sore throat, it was actually sore as if I had a canker sore in my throat. Today, it seems like the pain isn't necessarily in my throat but more of a tender, aching, inflamed oropharynx (for my people familiar with the oral anatomy). I have heard rumors before that estate pipes can cause all sorts of short or long term throat issues, have any of you ever had this before?
Or.... I could just have a viral infection .
"Does anyone get a raw/irritated/tender throat from smoking estate pipes or specific tobaccos?"
I just bought this estate from my local B&M several weeks ago and I swear this pipe is cursed. At first, I couldn't get the cake out of it, not even with a reamer, then, I couldn't get the smell of 40+ year old aromatic smoke out of it, then, the stem cracked on me, then it wouldn't keep lit, NOW my throat is all messed up! Went out lunting on my lunch break yesterday with the old sucker and -admittedly- got my pipe going pretty hot. Out of the blue last night, I started getting a sore throat on my left side but didn't feel like a normal sore throat, it was actually sore as if I had a canker sore in my throat. Today, it seems like the pain isn't necessarily in my throat but more of a tender, aching, inflamed oropharynx (for my people familiar with the oral anatomy). I have heard rumors before that estate pipes can cause all sorts of short or long term throat issues, have any of you ever had this before?
Or.... I could just have a viral infection .
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