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Gagging is a clinical finding in which a person is either choking or has triggered the vomiting reflex.

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

16 year experience in family medicine

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

Body locations

Neck (front)

Is Symptom of

Black hairy tongue
Condition
Cyclic vomiting syndrome
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What might be wrong if my son wakes up every morning with this gagging cough?

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I am always nauseous and I also often gag when I am feeling nervous. What should I do?

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Sometimes in the morning or right after I eat I gag alot. What could cause me to gag so much?

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My 6 week old son keeps gagging and coughing at night mainly , very flemmy when he brings up his bottle?

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When my 2yr old is coming down with something, she crys so much and starts to gag and vomits! why is that?

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Every time I eat I gag or feel nauseous. it started suddenly about 4 days ago, I feel completely fine until I eat.

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I don't understand why i'm so sensitive to smell. I start gagging every time I smell something funny. Is this normal?

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Everytime my boyfriend eats he gags he can harldy ever finish his food. Is this signs of a tumor? Whats wrong with him?

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My wife is having recurring bouts of nausia and gagging. She also has developed a very poor appitite. What are the likely causes?

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What is causing me to gag when I eat? It happens with multitudes of food: steak, tacos, sandwiches, etc. (anything I have to chew.)

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Whenever I eat celery sometimes I feel like I'm going to gag on the celery and today when I ate celery I gaged on the celery what does this mean. ?

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Every time I'm hungry I get a constant feeling like I'm going to gag. It makes me not want to eat, which makes it last longer. Why is this happening?

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Why some can gag while giving a fellatio when others don't? How to make sure my partner is fully satisfied without me gagging & almost choking? Thanx!

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