Has anybody ever gone to sleep with a throat lozenge in your mouth when you have a cold or a sore throat at night? Well just a word of caution. I know someone who did this this past weekend, the lozenge went down her wind pipe while she slept and even after paramedics came and they did a traik...? where they cut open your thoat to try to help you breath, she choked to death. So I know this is something I have done several times when I go to sleep and I am ill. Thought I would share this with you so no one else will die in such a needless way.
2007-02-22 06:39:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
man i was sick all last week and thats all i did!!! sleep with cough drops in my mouth!!!! damn never again will i do it!!!
2007-02-22 06:47:59 · answer #1 · answered by muwah22 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In all honesty, I never thought anyone would be that silly, to go to sleep with a cough drop in your mouth. When you are sleeping, all the muscles in your mouth and throat relax, making it impossible to hold a cough drop in a safe position. It's completely possible for that sucker to lodge in your trachea. There's a menthol throat spray that has the same effect as the cough drops, only you can't choke on it in your sleep.
2007-02-22 08:35:11 · answer #2 · answered by rita_alabama 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah I never take those cough drops at night.. or if I do I make sure its dissolved completely.
Never take one when your very sleepy this is really the first time I ever heard of anyone dying but the possibility was always there.
2007-02-22 07:14:01 · answer #3 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I really don't think it is a good idea to fall asleep with anything in your mouth. I don't care how sore your throat is- basic common sense dictates that you shouldn't fall asleep sucking on anything that will eventually shrink down to just the right size to get lodged in your trachea.
2007-02-22 06:47:27 · answer #4 · answered by fizzygurrl1980 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-16 06:25:53 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is easy to aspirate (suck something into the lungs) while sleeping. use caution and only buy sugar free lozenges.
2007-02-22 06:43:02 · answer #6 · answered by KitKat 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
thats stupid don't do that. take some medicine or gurgle with some stuff that helps coughing.
2007-02-22 06:43:35 · answer #7 · answered by parveeahmed 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am sorry for your loss and will be careful not to do that..
2007-02-22 06:48:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
thats good advice thanks
2007-02-22 06:48:29 · answer #9 · answered by day shaun 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋