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What Causes Feeling Of Food Stuck In Throat After Laughing While Eating?
I was eating lunch today when someone made me laugh. I inhaled and felt a small piece of food get sucked into my throat. I coughed to keep from choking and a small piece came out, but it has now been 8 hours since the incident and I still feel that there is something there. I am having off and on pain in my left shoulder blade and neck across my collar bones. I have eaten dinner since this and been drinking water, but I don t know if anything got sucked into my lungs and am concerned, but don t know if I should see a doctor or just wait for it to pass.?
Wed, 26 Aug 2015
Hi,
Welcome to health care magic,
This blockage feeling could be either due to some throat irritation or esophagitis as you had your small piece of food stuck into food pipe during eating.
However,this type of feeling could also be temporary and may get subsided by itself without any treatment.The feeling of something stuck is actually due to nervous stimulation which may last up to 24 hour,so there isnt anything to be worried here.
If it does not subside,then i would advice you to see ENT specialist who will examine you thoroughly with some relevant investigations like pharyngoscopy to detect the underlying cause,mainly to check if there is any infection or swelling inside.
Meanwhile,you can take symptomatic treatment like anti-emetics (domstal) or antihistamines (levocetrizine) available over the counter.
Regards,
Welcome to health care magic,
This blockage feeling could be either due to some throat irritation or esophagitis as you had your small piece of food stuck into food pipe during eating.
However,this type of feeling could also be temporary and may get subsided by itself without any treatment.The feeling of something stuck is actually due to nervous stimulation which may last up to 24 hour,so there isnt anything to be worried here.
If it does not subside,then i would advice you to see ENT specialist who will examine you thoroughly with some relevant investigations like pharyngoscopy to detect the underlying cause,mainly to check if there is any infection or swelling inside.
Meanwhile,you can take symptomatic treatment like anti-emetics (domstal) or antihistamines (levocetrizine) available over the counter.
Regards,
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