Houma, LA
A 17-year-old male asked:
Can a person suffocate/die from eating too much?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. William Holmesanswered
Child Psychiatry 36 years experience
Not Likely: The body has ways of forcing you to breathe. If you try to go to long without breathing. This is the same reason why it is impossible to harm yoursefl by holding your breath. If you eat too much, you may stuff your stomach and GI tract, but your lungs are unaffected, and eventually you will breath when you need to.
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Dr. Mohammed Younusanswered
33 years experience
Yes it's possible: Although rare, it's possible. Reflux followed by aspiration in to lungs, choking, very rarely GI tract rupture are some of the causes in acute cases. In long term obesity kills you by metabolic syndrome and its consequences.
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