What is a choking cough?

Choking cough refers to the occurrence of aspiration when swallowing, inhalation of liquid or food on the respiratory tract to produce stimulation, thus triggering a violent cough, can be divided into physiological and pathological choking cough. Physiological choking cough occurs when eating or drinking, refers to the foreign body accidentally into the trachea and caused by a violent cough, generally will be the trachea after coughing out the foreign body symptoms can be relieved. Pathological choking cough can occur frequently under normal circumstances, mostly caused by gastroesophageal reflux disease, esophageal foreign body, esophageal stenosis, esophageal cancer and other digestive disorders, or laryngeal nerve paralysis, laryngeal nerve paralysis and other peripheral neuropathy, as well as myasthenia gravis, central nervous system disease, etc., and the patient can be accompanied by dysphagia, dyspnea, heartburn, belching and other symptoms. Patients with frequent choking and coughing should consult a doctor in time, and complete relevant examinations under the doctor’s guidance, such as esophageal X-ray barium contrast, esophagoscopy, cerebrospinal fluid examination, etc., so as to identify the cause of the disease, and carry out the appropriate treatment according to the doctor’s instructions, and improve the symptoms as soon as possible.