coughing, gagging, wake up out of sleep, almost to the point of throwing up

[Lady V]

Hello, my question is well my fiance' has been coughing, gagging, jumping up out of his sleep coughing and has not been getting any sleep and I haven't either so I am wondering what do you think it might be and what should I do to help him?

[fi8403]

well im not a professional, but i have been thru what he is going thru. i don't have a solution, but i know from what the doctors told me is that it is asthma... (unfortunately i am not able to afford the meds, so yeah, but im sure it can be fixed) in my case though, a lot of it can be helped  by controlling the temperature. mine is worse if i get too hot, so you might try turning up the AC or using a fan. but that's just me. i hope this helps!

[nanalamb]

I was awaken a couple of times through the night coughing, gagging etc. and found out I have sleep apnea...I also found out I snore...for a lady that is pretty embarrasing. Now I sleep with a breathing CPAP machine and things have settled down.