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How come i cough everytime i eat?
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Swallowing trouble?: Dysphagia (trouble swallowing) can cause problems. Uncoordinated contractions in mouth, throat, esophagus can cause pooling of material. A bunch of causes. Less likely is fistula (abnormal connection) between esophagus and trachea (windpipe). See your doc; video-esophagram or feest test can test swallowing mechanism; may be treated with rehab.
Answered 6/30/2018
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? Aspiration: Coughing is stimulated as a protective reflex to aspiration, food or fluid entering the trachea or lungs. A modified barium swallow can assess for aspiration and focus on ways of preventing this. There are other causes so it should be e.g.Dilated.
Answered 8/11/2018
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