What causes the elderly to easily choke and cough

If repeated choking cough occurs in the elderly, the possible causes are very simple, but should be promptly seen in a regular hospital, choking cough occurs for the following reasons: 1, patients may be prone to repeated choking cough if a lung infection cough occurs recently; 2, if the muscles around the pharynx, such as loosening of the muscles around the epiglottis, the epiglottis cannot be closed properly, which can also lead to choking cough. 3, some patients may have organic lesions in the brain, such as stroke The sequelae, laryngeal muscle paralysis, etc., will also be easy to send on choking cough, need to identify the cause of the relevant treatment. Some patients are very easy to choke and cough, even eating rice will choke and cough, usually at this time the patient will choose to eat easy to swallow liquid food or cough after drinking water, such treatment is not appropriate, especially for patients with post-stroke sequelae, do not drink water and eat pure liquid food, may be converted into semi-liquid jelly-like into the mouth, after swallowing action to smoothly flow into the digestive tract, otherwise it can lead to epiglottis can not be closed, directly to the The trachea causes violent choking and coughing.