When your drinking and you start to choke and someone say "its gone down the wrong way" where did it go and what caused you to choke? Just curious :)
2007-10-09 00:22:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
Food and fluids is supposed to pass ONLY down your oesphagus but when you choke it ha started or has gone down your wind pipe. (trachea)
But the bodies automatic, unconscious reaction is to shut close the epiglottis, a flap of cartledge(sp), over the windpipe to prevent food or fluids going any further. And your body will also automatically cough to expel anything in the windpipe.
2007-10-09 00:49:24 · answer #1 · answered by I do care! 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are two tubes that run down your throat with a little flap of flesh that separates them. sometimes the flap is the wrong way, leaving the tube you breathe down open when you have fluids in your throat, so instead of swallowing them, it flows down toward your lungs. The lungs try to expel fluids and that causes you to cough and choke.
2007-10-09 07:36:41 · answer #2 · answered by Princess Picalilly 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in your throat so to speak you have your trachea and your larynx your food and water goes down the wrong one and you get the choking feeling.
2007-10-09 07:31:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Down your wind pipe, that's why you're choking
2007-10-09 07:29:49 · answer #4 · answered by nannajude 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm???? Good question...
2007-10-09 07:36:15 · answer #5 · answered by ♥ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your windpipe, i'm pretty sure...
2007-10-09 07:28:50 · answer #6 · answered by Crystal 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋