problem swallowing food

[kimmy1958]

Last night I was eating and my throat seized up and I couldn't swallow anything or breathe. My husband preformed the hymlich and that didn't help I was shaking all over trying to catch a breath telling him in hand movements to call 911. Then all of  a sudden I could bearly breath and I was trying to make myself sick so I could try to clear my throat he got me a paper page to breathe into. This helped so I tried to drink some water and that wouldn't go down and I lost my breathing again then I tried to calm myself and I could breathe but not swallow even my siliva. Then eventually I was calm and could brethe normally. So today I went to work eventhou my throat is gravel and my lungs are sore. I was able to eat lunch today small bites. But tonight I started eating and my throat started closing up again and I stoped after just a few small bites.Still my throat feels like it has something stuck in it or it's closing up. What can this be?


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[Dtuck]

Hi,

I don't know if you still look at this page.  But I too have your swallowing problem [ or at least something very similar], its called a 'stricture'  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esophageal_stricture.

Had it since I was a kid, doctors said at first that I eat to quickly, although eating at a snails pace didn't stop in. In my case the put a tube down my throat, under sedation, and ripped it open. Worked great for the last five years, but appears to have started growing back, Good Luck
David

[msturtle]

Have you considered food allergies?  They often make your throat swell and can be very dangerous.  Also, they can start at any time in your life.  I am 50 and am just now having fooding allergies to items I have had all my life.

[kimmy1958]

I've had my tonsils out. Today I've noticed some sore spots within my mouth but I was able to eat this morning (eggs). My throat still has a lump in it but I can swallow. So hopefully its gone? I'll probably have to see my doctor next week if it happens again.
Thank You

[trent0987]

hmm have u ever had tonillists