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Choking on Saliva/ Uncontrollable swallowing and air in esophagus

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Dhruv Gupta, MD answered this Choking On Saliva
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Guest

I have the same as everyone here, it’s called a
Laryngospasm; the cause is usually damage and sometimes can be completely reversed. It seems to be a overactive reflex to prevent drowning.
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Guest

Before I go pee I choke on air what does that mean
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Guest

Guys, I passed through the same as you have all narrated. Mine was mostly during sleep and occasionally but less seriously when o am awake or upright. Initially few doctors diagnosed reflux. I disagreed, argued it wasn't, and visited several other doctors. I suggested that it was laryngo spasm because the description of its episode matches mine wells. Eventually, I was treated for reflux and given a list of dos and don't typical for a reflux patient. I was given proton a kind of reflux drugs and I followed the rules. Miraculously, it worked for me. When ever I break those rules, I see the episode coming and I quickly abide again. In my case reflux is the best diagnosis and for a while (more than 1 year) I haven't had those frightful episodes. Lest I forget, I did e.endoscopy of my throat twice and the doctors said no issues. I hope this helps.
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Guest

This is laryngospasm. Look it up on the internet. It is not dangerous. Close your mouth and breath through your nose.
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Guest

This happened to me last night, and has happened about 4X in the last 2yrs (roughly). In the middle of a sound sleep, my body rises as if the bed is on fire, I sit up straight, and start gasping as if I have seconds to live. I suck air in as rapidly as possible. It’s not pretty. I make a lot of horrifying sounds, and continue doing so until the faintest burp leaves my lips. And I continue to to release these “baby burps” until I can speak. As soon as I gain composure, I’ll reach for a sip of water. After I convince my wife that I’ll be ok, I’ll fall right back to sleep, and sleep well at that! It’s scary as all hell. The only thought that runs through my head while that’s happening is that I’m going to die. What on Earth causes this, and how does one make it go away?

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Guest

The noise while inhaling is called stidor. Sounds like lyrangospasm. This is often caused by acid reflux or GERD. Basically your vocal cords spasm and constrict when touched by a foreign substance. Talk to a doctor and treat the GERD. During an attack, try pressing hard with your thumbs into the soft tissue below your ears towards the back of your jaw. This little trick gets the vocal cords to relax more quickly
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Guest

I have this and do not have gerd. I just did this in a room with 12 engineers in a conference call with the pentagon to a large group of people. I now want to crawl under my desk. I scared the spit out of a group of generals who thought I was dying. I was not drinking, do not have a cold or allergies. I just started doing this about a month ago. I'm a 60 year old Grandma who would like to stop doing this.
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Guest

(REMAIN CALM) I bend over as far as you can with hands on knees. Breath slowly,scary as hell when this first happens to you.
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Guest

Choking in the middle of the night could indicate you have sleep apnea. I know I gave sleep apnea.
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Guest

I have had the same thing a few times a year, choking on saliva or water, then can’t breathe, gasping for air. What I have found is a condition called laryngospasm, where the larynx closes off, gasping for air. I try to calm myself knowing that once it relaxes it will open, but it lasts for more than 30 seconds and is terrifying! You should Google what to do if it happens, suggesting pressing on an area behind the ear to open the larynx. Also, talk to your doctor. Blessings to you!!

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Guest

I have the exact symptoms. I have a history of asthma. As you stated it can happen when I drink liquids. It is very scary. Soon I will go for an endoscopy and colonoscopy. Good luck to all of you. God bless. Hope we all can find the right answers to this.
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I've been experiencing this for maybe like 5 yrs. I could be sleeping and wake up choking at my own saliva. It's like my saliva feels so thick and my throat feels like it's going to close. Afterwards I'm trying to clear my throat but it takes about a couple of seconds to be able to breath but still with the feeling of my saliva being thick. Its scary to wake up choking. Does anyone have a clue
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Guest

NO, there is no cough involved, all of a sudden you just can not breath. NO eating, no drinking, nothing, the windpipe is blocked. It takes small breaths through the nose, with a racing heart rate to get it back to normal.
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Guest

Hey guys, 19 year old female. Smoker if that has anything to do with it. But this has happened to me quite a few times. Each time it feels like i am cholking on thick saliva for no reason and am unable to take a breath terrifying my boyfriend. Every time i have been so afraid i've lashed out desperately, wheezing and hoping to god i dont die. It is honestly the scariest thing thats ever happened to me and i'm worried that when it happens next i wont be able to get myself out of it and collapse or die. Its happened so severely once i actually threw up. ANY ANSWERS?!
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I had this very thing happen to me last night, it woke me up from sleep. My husband almost broke my ribs trying to do the heimlich manoveur,, but I took a quick small drink of water and it corrected it. I’m going to be doing more research as it was really scary! I have woken up like this from acid reflux, throwing up in the night. But there was definitely nothing there this time...
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