Food stuck in throat

[warrior1]

This has just happened so many times to me that i am really sick of it. Anyone have this problem that after they eat something but its still stuck in their throat b/c they didn't chew it fullly?

when i eat oatmeal Quaker Oats, this has happened to me at least 5 times already. I try to cough it up and usually after 10 days or so i finanally can cough it out. I taken mucinex before from the doctor to help it but usuualy i cough it out after NUMEROUS tries. The thing real frustrating about this is that whenever i talk i always feel it in my throat stuck. I can't cough it out nor can it break down in my throat so it goes down my stomach.

Does anyone who ever had this problem know a quicker way to cough it out? It isn't tonsilatis or w/e that term people used. Because when it cough it out, its always 2 white pieces and its always b/c of oatmeal. I told myself to never eat oatmeal again b/c that always happens to me and my next 7 days are like hell because its stuck in my throat.

Currently i tried to cough it out and i feel it stuck right in the middle but I can't get it out. I tried drinking water and some vinegar but that just doesn't do it. Last sunday i coughed it out... and usually i have tears in my eyes with my face all red... thats the kind of coughing i have to do in order to get it out if you know what i mean. Now, 2 days ago like an idiot i ate quaker oats again and found out i got it stuck in my throat again.

If i get it out this time, i will throw the Quaker Oats away b/c that always causes this problem. Does anyone know how i can get this out of my throat? I doubt this time i can cough it out b/c this time it feels harder than before.

This is like the most annoying thing that can happen to me and it affects me everyday because i feel it stuck whenever i swallow my saliva.


Thanks.

 

[penkitten]

maybe something is wrong with your tonsils?

 

[int3l]

this is probably a stupid suggestion but have you tried forcing it down it something else? say like bread and water? lots of water?

 

[warrior1]

yes i tried water and wheat crackers. I have tried forcing it down any way possible but it doesn't work. I do that coughing where i sort of gag and my face gets real red ... you get the picture.. i still can't cough it out.

hey penkittens...this only happens immediately after i eat something like oatmeal and immediately i say to myself damn i got it stuck again. Someone said i coudl have a tonsil stone but i only have it stuck whenever i don't chew my food 100 percent. They are real small and white. Are those tonsil stones?

 

[spesmilitis]

happens with me. If its something that can dissolve like a carbohydrate or fruit, washing it down with water does the trick. With meat. . .I eventually have to cough it out.

 

[warrior1]

well is there any way to get it out if i can't cough it out? I coughed it out maybe 6 times already b/c this happens to me a lot... most recently last sunday.

For some reason, i don't feel i can cough it out this time b/c i tried all day today and some last night.

 

[int3l]

have you tried* to force yourself to vomit? ...

 

[KarmaSutra]

Just thank your lucky stars it's not c0ck that's often stuck in your throat.

 

[warrior1]

yes i have forced myself to vomit. I did it so many times already and my face gets all red and i have tears coming down from my eye ... if thats what your talking about

 

[warrior1]

well guess what, i finally got it out. Was drinking lots of water and apple cider vinegar. Somehow i coughed it out and i coughed out maybe 3 pieces. I smelled it and wow.... it stinks.

Was it the oatmeal i ate that caused this because this happens everytime i eat oatmeal and feel it stuck in my throat.

 

[BluEyes]

allergy?

 

[warrior1]

this always happens when i eat oatmeal and dont chew it fully

 

[warrior1]

I know i will get this more in the future and i read that people like me should get their tonsils pulled off?.... not sure if i am phrasing it correctly because people who face these things will keep on getting them on a regular basis.

Is there a procedure to prevent this from happening?

 

[ThreeStorms]

Didn't your mum tell you to chew your food properly? She was right.

 

[int3l]

sometimes food can sneak past. Personally i'd go see a dr.

 

[Bonhomme]

It happens to me, too, and I chew my food very, very well. Just have a constricted esophagus, I suppose.

This happens way below the tonsils.

If it's oatmeal, it could be related to an allergy or gluten sensitivity, too, in your case. I mainly have problems with "chunky" foods, that are subject to accidental swallowing before they're properly chewed. Making the oatmeal thinner may help.

I've learned how to recognize it happening, and prevent it most of the time, as well as how gag most of it up when it does. By now I know the drill, and eventually get enough of it up or swallow it down, and I'm OK.

It's good to have a small amount of non-carbonated alcoholic beverage on hand, like amontillado (dry, strong sherry wine), whiskey, or brandy (which should be diluted with water so they don't irritate. This loosens the throat up a bit, literally.

 

[penkitten]

it could be that it just got stuck in your throat, but chances are that you might have problems with your tonsils where they are "sponge like" and holding your food in those holes. most people that have problems with their tonsils actually get sick a lot with soar throats and strep throat and a doctor will tell you if they need to be removed because they are catching food or bacteria or they stay inflamed.

 

[DJDamage]

Why do you keep eating Oatmeal then? I would think that if there is a certain food that causes me problems I would try to avoid it.

 

[penkitten]

yah , but at his defense, there have been all these great threads about how wonderful oatmeal is for you on here.