sore throat or what?

Hi,
my first post on this website.

I'm up and its 5Am, after browsing online decided to ask a question here.

I woke up because i have these symptoms:
1- sore throat (where the submandibular gland is, burns when swallowing, burns when breathing) now this burning feels as if its extending towards the inner ear canals and top of throat.
2- excessive burping and gas. A few years ago i started to burp every time i got this sore throat, it is accompanies with stomach gas. the problem with burping is when I lay down the burps come out in bubbles and they get stuck, i have to sit up in order to burp, if i wait an hour or more then sit up there is a lot of gas to burp out.

earlier in the day i had fever (did not measure the exact temp)

this started 2 days ago, i woke up after a night of bad sleep due to 2 horrible nightmares, with a sore throat. i attributed it to the stressful sleep that exhausted me. Plus i have been overworking.. i am managing stress but physically the amount of work and lack of rest has been demanding.

other info:
1 month ago i started taking all of these every day (to deal with hair loss):

Brewer’s Yeast
Fibroboost
Biotin
Green Tea phytosome
Magnesium
Probioics Dophilus EPS
Liver glandular
Niacinamide
Curcumin 95
D3 + K2 – 50,000 IU
Ashwagandha
Stabilized R-Lipolic Acid NARALA
Acetyl l-carnitine
Mega Taurine
Krill oil

Also I am taking:

Selenium Synergy 200 mg/cap
Vitamin C
Iosol (iodine) formula II – 1830 mcg/drop
Royal butter + fermented cod liver oil

there maybe a correlation of taking Iodine and my nightmares. i had nightmares 2 nights in a row after increasing my dosgae from 2 drops teice a day to 3 drops twice a day. since i stopped Iodine or cut down to 2 drops + did salt loading and had no nightmares.. this night i cant tell cos i have been up all night due to gas! and burning throat, and some dry caugh.

i had constipation pre this regimen, now i usually have soft stool with a lot of things floating..

I take 1 eps probiotics a day
when i loaded with 3 in the AM i got gas

I also 1 week ago started drinking homemade kefir in small quantities ..

i had this sore throat last week then it went away and back again a couple days ago. the symptoms are the same ive been having for a number of yrs now , every time i have a sore throat i burp and have gas.

i have a slight suspicion that when i drank kefir/after introducing it to the diet i experienced this sore throat twice. I did not experiment enough to narrow it down, kefir may totally be unrelatted to this sore throat.

these symptoms with a sore throat are not new. the regimen above, all of it is new. I am following that to slow my male pattern hair loss and reduce inflammation, i did reduce my weight, and have better bowl movement.

one other symptom, a sore gum.. started with or shortly before the sore throat. this sore gum is close to a root canal i have that does hurt and i will eventually get it removed. I was conned into a root canal 2 yrs ago and its hurt ever since, the dentist didnt find an infection back them, the pain comes and goes.

i am male, 31, do not eat junk food. i avoid gluten and wheat and milk products as well except for kefir.

What do you think?

would you say i should take more than 1 probiotic pill this AM? how about drinking ACV? drining kefir? taking Iodine or not?

thanks to all in advance Tweet