Have you asked; Why do I keep choking when I eat and can still breathe? There are some alarming facts that have been collected, see if you fall for any of these typical choking statistics. Are you about 40 years or older, slightly to more than slightly overweight, choking on coated tablets, red meat, lettuce, baked potatoes, or cheese?

Does your esophagus close but you can still breathe, and does trying to wash out a fluid cause you to choke on the fluid trying to go down your windpipe? Is there an unmistakable gurgling that accompanies this condition? Welcome to the club!

There seem to be many people with this problem. The most alarming facts are the ones we just mentioned, over 40 years old, overweight and choking on certain foods or pills. There seems to be a chemical reaction to certain foods or textures, at certain times when we eat.

Here’s something else that seems to happen once you’ve encountered this problem more than once or twice. If you have been suffering from a blockage in your throat, when you are eating in public with other people around you or with you, you become self-conscious and tend to choke more often, right? That is a form of anxiety or subconscious thinking, that an attack is very possible and simply cannot be shaken.

I am not a doctor and I do not intend to play one in this article, but being a stubborn man and reluctant to put my high quality medical care to the test, I have found some cool things that work quite consistently, when I try to avoid Or break free from this clogged esophagus

First of all, you should try to avoid certain foods that contribute greatly to this health scare that we go through. Red meat is great, if you must choose to eat red meat, do it well cooked and cut into very small bite-size pieces. The rarer the meat, the worse it is to choke. Coated tablets, switch to a dissolving tablet that is not coated for the same prescription. The capsule coating is a chemical reaction in the back of your throat that just doesn’t work for you. Over weight? I lost everything I could, lost 15 pounds, and went without drowning for over a year. That alone, is what seemed to work for me, in addition to following the other items mentioned. Once I regained the weight, I drowned again.

How to clear your throat from blockage or spasm

The absolute NECESSARY is to RELAX and that is not easy. If you find that you can actually breathe, the only problem is getting your esophagus to relax and open. Most people think that their throat is normally open, but the opposite is true. Your throat is normally closed and when you swallow, it opens to allow food to pass through.

ATTENTION: Try using a cup of hot water and drink a small amount, less than a normal-size drink, to allow it to settle in the back of your throat for just a few seconds and for your throat to recognize it as just a little warm water. . . Any other type of drink has sugar, carbonation, or other ingredients that are really foreign to your body’s natural fluid intake.

Remember from science class, your body is 75% water. This water trick or method has been proven to work 90% of the time for me, the only times it hasn’t, was when I couldn’t seem to relax enough from my hypertension or anxiety from being impatient and allowing myself to relax.

It is not a race, do not treat it as such or you will just wait longer. You just need to know that a cup of water as warm as a cup of coffee works best. If you are with other people, ask them to warm you a cup of water when you go outside or to the bathroom, to spit or try to clear your throat. A cup of water heated in a microwave oven for about 1 minute is a great mix for opening up your esophagus.

The best medical treatment is to seek the advice of a doctor as well, but be sure to explain that your throat spasms instantly without any warning when you eat certain foods. Then ask the question; Why do I keep choking when I eat and can still breathe? Whatever they tell you, be sure to share it with us who also suffer. The more we can collect information, the better we will all be.

I have two friends with the same problem and both doctors have had their throats stretched in an outpatient procedure. This is a temporary solution for some time, and the condition may come back later. By enlarging the esophagus for a time it seems to postpone this recurrence.