im always choking...not with something lodged in my thoat but just out the blue..ill be sitting there and my spit causes me to start coughing and choking...its hard to inhale...i feel like im going to pass out sometimes..its even happened to me wile sleeping... i feel my airway getting narrower or something. help!
2007-09-22 07:29:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
That's not normal at all. You need to see the doctor.
2007-09-22 07:33:06 · answer #1 · answered by DeltaKilo3 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I found this in the internet that might help.
Notice how often you swallow. Try making tally marks on a piece of paper while you're watching a TV show, for example. Most of us swallow every few seconds. Even when we're nowhere near food or something to drink, we're gulping away. Your mouth is continuously producing saliva, and it has to end up somewhere. So, down it goes. Meanwhile, as you may realize, you have to keep breathing. If you don't, well, you'll probably miss the rest of this column.
We humans breathe through our nose or mouth. For a short way, the air moves down or up the same passage that we use for swallowing--our throat*. We have a muscular trapdoor in our throat that keeps the stuff intended for our stomach from going down our trachea, the windpipe connected to our lungs. This vital valve is our good ol' epiglottis*. To keep inhaled air from going down your esophagus (your stomach tube), and to keep food and saliva from going down your trachea, your epiglottis is working all the time. It's a swinging door that's always moving and always closing pretty hard one way or the other. Because all of this action is connected to breathing, your diaphragm* (the big breathing muscle below your lungs) gets into the act, as well. You can't be inhaling or exhaling and swallowing at the same time, even if you breathe through your nose. The diaphragm can't be pulling air down or pushing air up while saliva or food is coming down your throat. All of the actions of all these muscles have to be coordinated by your brain.
Also in your throat, you'll find your voice box, or larynx*. On top of the larynx is a somewhat different expandable and contractible gizmo called the glottis. It's a long, narrow, muscular opening that lets only air pass over your vocal chords. (Both epiglottis and glottis come from the Latin word for "tongue.")
Once in a while, often when you find yourself eating a bit too quickly, your brain sends conflicting signals to your diaphragm and epiglottis: "Close the esophagus and open the trachea--no, wait. I mean, pull the diaphragm and open the--hold it--I mean the food tube--no, the windpipe. Wait. Now, swallow and breathe. This might be what goes on when you are sleeping as well. It happens to me every once in a while when I am sleeping. I hate it with a passion.
2007-09-24 18:18:56 · answer #2 · answered by theperez 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Choking On Saliva While Awake
2016-11-15 05:24:51 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many causes could make it.other questions should be answered before we can be able to assess your case and know the cause and whether there is anatomical,congenital reasons or inflammatory or complications of inflammations..etc.These qs may be for how long have you had this choking or hawking? and what about the dicharge whwther it is coloured or not and does it change,odours and does it persist or change.a posterior nasal dicharge and headache or epistaxis analysis of onset ,course and duration and the progression is a must.Dr sherif lanson khalil of Egypt (002 010 148 3138) sherilanson@yahoo.com
2007-09-22 07:41:00 · answer #4 · answered by sherif l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it might be time for you to see a doctor. You may be having a food related allergy, or it could be something like small tumor in your throat. Either way, it's not normal, it wouldn't take much for a qualified physician to tell you something and you could even go to emergency services. Don't put off your health. Good Luck.
2007-09-22 07:41:51 · answer #5 · answered by Sambo51slc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably should see a Dr. I have known people who have had to have their esophagus stretched. Don't worry, they do it while you sleep and it doesn't hurt after it's done.
I would especially worry about you while you are sleeping. It's not good when you can't sleep through the night. Sleep is very important.
My only other thought is if you have a panic disorder is could be psychological....
2007-09-22 07:35:35 · answer #6 · answered by saloon girl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i've swallowed quite a few times, have never found the need to spit out anything. I have to think more about the choking part....i'll get back to you.
2016-03-20 06:16:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometimes people have slaliva glands that constantly produce slaliva, its more than the average person, i would recommend seeing a doctor for an opinon
2007-09-22 07:39:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is a reaction from anxiety you get nervous and your throat closes try to relax talk to your doctor to make sur that you are not having an allergic reaction also good luck
2007-09-22 08:11:28 · answer #9 · answered by ♥ Blessed 3 times ♥ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
go see a doctor you may have severe acid reflux or something else.good luck.
2007-09-22 07:33:51 · answer #10 · answered by dixie58 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋