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I have started to choke spontaneously on my own saliva. Anyone else?

Posted by chinasvegas @chinasvegas, Apr 19, 2022

I’m a 75 year old female take no medication and have had no diagnosis. Lately I’m chocking on my own saliva occasionally. The kind of chocking that used to happen only when liquid goes down the wrong way. Now it seems that I spontaneously choke on my own saliva. Anyone have this experience?

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BeBold | @bebold | 1 day ago

Hi I'm 70 but this has been happening to me for years. I feel like I can choke on air. There has been some thoughts by focs over the years that it could be related to thyroid? I mostly just try to pay attention as I can choke on food easily. I eat very slowly and always drink from a straw so I'm less likely to inhale drink.

Wow, the original post was 3 years ago. Well, ill leave this anyway.

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doccharlie | @doccharlie | 1 day ago

I am 80. I have this problem the I try to eat or drink in a chair that leans back about 30 degrees.

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sassyfarms46 | @sassyfarms46 | 1 day ago
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@bobcinem

That’s happened to me too. I think I was breathing in while I was swallowing, I think. Sometimes if I start to eat something with vinegar, before I even eat it, breathing in the scent can cause me to choke so much, terrifying.
I take famotadine and I try to remember to sit up straight to keep my airway open.

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I have that all the time. There is a place on my throat the collects part of my swallowing. They are planning to get me to a speach physical therapist to help me work on swallowing technics due to a soft throat issue. You might get with a ENT first as I did, then allot of test and they can might get you obstruction figured out so flame does do that.

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bobcinem | @bobcinem | 1 day ago
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@sassyfarms46

I have that all the time. There is a place on my throat the collects part of my swallowing. They are planning to get me to a speach physical therapist to help me work on swallowing technics due to a soft throat issue. You might get with a ENT first as I did, then allot of test and they can might get you obstruction figured out so flame does do that.

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Wow! I had forgotten that my G.I. had suggested speech therapy~. wow~ I think I dropped the ball because I thought that was crazy?!? oops!

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