Feeling something stuck in throat after eating

When eating, you should pay attention to chewing slowly, because this can chew the food into smaller pieces, which can help promote digestion in the stomach and intestines. However, some people are in a hurry to eat, and accidentally get bones and fish bones in the food stuck in their throats, or they do not chew the food carefully enough and cannot swallow it. When food gets stuck in the throat, you need to see if there is suffocation or other effects, and you should get checked and treated in time.

Many people do not pay attention to chewing slowly, and get bones, fish bones and other hard objects stuck in their throats. Some people react strongly, while others may not feel obvious at the time, but if not treated in time, it may cause danger or even endanger life. How should we correctly handle this situation?

The most common causes of choking are fish bones, while others include peanuts, melon seeds, beans, sugar balls, etc. Generally speaking, the most likely areas for foreign objects such as fish bones, bone residues and fruit shells to penetrate are the lower end of the tonsils and the root of the tongue, while date pits are most likely to get stuck in the esophagus.

If a foreign object is stuck in the throat, the person will feel a tingling pain or a foreign body sensation in the throat. If the foreign object is large, swallowing will also be difficult. If foreign objects irritate the laryngeal mucosa, it will cause severe coughing and difficulty breathing due to reflex laryngeal spasm and foreign body obstruction, and there may be varying degrees of wheezing, aphonia, throat pain, etc. The most serious case is that if the foreign body is large and embedded in the glottis, it will quickly cause suffocation and death.

If you find a fish bone stuck in your throat, you can first try to press the front half of the tongue with a spoon or toothbrush handle, and carefully observe the root of the tongue, tonsils and posterior pharyngeal wall under bright light. If you can find the fish bone, you can use tweezers or chopsticks to remove it. If the above methods do not work, or if the pain worsens or the foreign body sensation becomes more obvious after swallowing liquid food, you should go to the hospital for emergency treatment immediately. Never force yourself to swallow vegetables or steamed buns in large gulps, thinking that you can move the thorn down your esophagus. This will only cause the thorn to penetrate deeper or get stuck in the esophagus, causing more serious consequences.

If there are other foreign objects stuck in the throat, one way is to try to spit out the foreign object; or lower your head and bend over, and the child will be held upside down and lie prone between the rescuer's legs. The rescuer will pat the patient's back between the shoulder blades 4 times with his palms. If the foreign object is still not expelled, repeat the above actions. If necessary, the patient should be sent to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.