HI. I FELT A BURSTING SENSATION IN MY THROAT WHILE

HI. I FELT A BURSTING SENSATION IN MY THROAT WHILE I WAS SLEEPING. IT CAUSED A TERRIBLY LOUD RINGING IN MY RIGHT EAR, ALONG WITH A BURNING SENSATION IN MY THROAT WHICH TEMPORARILY BLOCKED MY AIRWAY. AFTER I SAT UP AND COUGHED AND GASPED FOR AIR, AND TOOK A FEW SIPS OF WATER THE FEELING DISAPATED. WOULD YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN?