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Choking on food

Choking on food

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How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common it is:

Common

Body locations

Neck (front)

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Inhaled foreign body
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Mini stroke (transient ischemic attack; TIA)
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Hypothyroidism
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How can you save your life if your are choking on food alone?

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What can I do to stop choking on food? Eat smaller or bigger bites?

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Is it possible to be choking on food, have the heimlich and not have the food fly out?

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Need doctor's help! what do you do if a 5-8 year old starts choking on food?

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Why is GERD making it so hard for me to eat? I also have anxiety about choking on food but I really need to eat

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A 19-year old female asked:

How high is the risk of choking (on food) while under anesthetics if you have gastroparesis and frequent acid reflux?

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A 57-year old male asked:

In case if choking on food, is it better to look up towards roof and cough or is it better to bend neck and look down and cough to get food out?

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A 19-year old female asked:

48yr old womam. Had endoscopy & colonoscopy 1 year ago, normal. Now coughing, occasionaly choking on food & heartburn. Worried about esophegal cancer.

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Tight chest pains which go within a few seconds but also have problems when i swallow i seem to be choking on food lately too so i'm too scared to eat?

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A 57-year old female asked:

Weakness, achiness in arms, headache and fatigue 4 hours after choking on food Is this normal?

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If I had a barium swallow test and it was normal should I still be worried about choking on food? ENT doc did exam with scoop n said all was ok

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3 large tori in toof of mouth sometimes cause choking on food, difficulty swallowing or breathing, or trap food. What specialists remove tori? Risks?

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A 27-year old male asked:

My throat feels like there's something stuck in it, almost like a feeling of choking on food, when I eat the it's like the food gets stuck on the throat then I vomit the food out, what could be the causing this?

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A 48-year old asked:

How do I stop a sore throat after choking on food?

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A 21-year old female asked:

Left tonsil has been enlarged for three weeks. No fever, sore throat or cough. Only symptom is choking on food and feels like Bubble in throat. ?

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A 37-year old female asked:

Started choking on food when eating/swallowing.Throat full of phlegm. Constant lump in throat feeling always swallowing.Afraid to eat-there've been 2 times I almost didn't get food out of mouth/throat in time. Cough,rib/chest pain. Ideas/Help please?

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A 52-year old female asked:

I have lump in throat causing right ear pain nausea head and neck pain severe fatigue and problem wirh my balance no health insurance chokeing on food as well hard to breathe laying down?

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A 40-year old asked:

Everytime i swallow i choke on food, water, what is wrong?

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A 16-year old male asked:

Just to know in case it ever happens, what are you supposed to do if you choke on food when you are alone?

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A 53-year old female asked:

Neck surgery on 6/11/14 with plates and screws, throats still numb and choke on food is this normal?

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A 19-year old male asked:

I am always afraid that im going to choke on food. How common is this and how can I stop worrying? I Always feel food get stuck in throat.

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I always had a profound fear of choking on my food. I barely eat now because i fear choking so bad, what to do?

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I am constantly having a profound fear of choking on my food. It's barely eat now because i fear choking so bad. Someone help?

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A 32-year old male asked:

Woke up choking on acid and food some went into lungs was burning I think I coughed it all up what do I need to do now I feel ok other than 2hrs sleep?

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A 23-year old female asked:

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ENT doc did a scoop test n office and barium test both normal just a lil swollen n my throat. Will I choke on my food? Feels like food gets stuck

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A 23-year old female asked:

How long will it take for swelling to go down n my throat from acid reflux will I choke on my food if the barium test and scoop n ENT office normal??

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What foods are choking hazards?

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