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I try to drink tons of water. The problem is that oftentimes when I swallow, my drink goes down the wrong pipe and I end up coughing. Does anyone else experience this fairly regularly? I know that it happens to everyone occassionally but mine is at least on a daily basis. Thanks for any input!
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Members connected over the frustrating and sometimes frightening experience of frequently choking on water and other liquids, with many... Read more
I worked as a respiratory therapist for 13 yrs. You need to ask your dr to do a swallow study on you. Make sure that when you are eating and drinking you are sitting straight up, eat small bites and take small sips, and sometimes it helps if you do what we call a chin tuck; when swallowing something you have problems with. Tuck your chin toward your chest then swallow. Less likely to have it go "down the wrong pipe". Be very careful with this. If you accidentally aspirated (suck in something to your lungs) you can get aspiration pneumonia, which is very bad. You could also potentially block off circulation to parts of your lung, causing lung tissue to die.
You might need an endoscopy. It easy and painless. I had the same problem but after that not anymore
Happens to me a lot too!
Yes I have same issue
@A MyFibroTeam Member - Mine isn't so much painful, it literally just doesn't go down properly. What did they determine was the cause of your pain though?
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