A member asked:

Hello. is there any advice on how to prevent food getting in the airpipe, when your eating and swallowing? im afraid this will happen.

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Swallowing eval: You fear of food getting in the air-pipe is probably a part of your overall anxiety disorder. However you may consult a speech pathologist (they study swallowing disorders also).

Answered 5/9/2018

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Dr. Pamela Pappas answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Food in airpipe?: When you swallow normally, your epiglottis protects your trachea (airpipe) so that food goes correctly down your esophagus. If food has been going down your windpipe instead, you need to see your doctor & have a swallowing study. Simple fear that this will happen often occurs in people with high health anxiety, which can be helped by working with a talk therapist in cbt specifically for this.

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