Feeling like you are "vapor locked" while eating.

This happens when you are eating something that seems to get stuck somewhere after you swallow it, and it will not go down, is very painful, you can't bring it back up, and if you try to drink something, it can't go down either.  It hurts in your esophagus midway between the stomach and throat.  It's a frantic condition, and nothing you can do till it resolves itself.  

[patient915]

Welcome to the gastroenterology community!  If this is happening frequently, then I would recommend seeing a doctor about this.

[Epuddle]

Thank you for the reply.  I have an appointment for just that with my primary care physician.

[twopack]

In the mean time it might help (and certainly won't hurt) if you take very small bites, chew completely (like until it's mush), and DON'T talk while you are eating (because that takes your focus away from eating with purpose.

See your PCP and pick a good GI doc  It  seunds like the food might be getting strck up   dtuc

[Epuddle]

Thanks for the helpful information.  I have since tried chewing more thoroughly and eating more slowly.  I will be seeing my doctor soon and I'm going to see a GI doctor as well, as soon as I find one in this area.  So far, I've had no more events of this nature happen to me.  I found out that it happens to one of my daughters also.  I'll let you all know how this turns out for me.  This has happened a couple of times before this last time, but it was way worse this time and lasted a longer time before I recovered enough to even swallow some water.