The difference between cerebral infarction choking cough and cough is mainly in terms of etiology, pathogenesis, accompanying symptoms and symptomatic treatment.
1. The cause of choking cough after cerebral infarction is mainly foreign food, liquid or even swallowed saliva, etc., while the main cause of cough is usually the inflammatory reaction of lungs and bronchial tubes, the stimulation of cold air, smoke, gastric acid and so on.
2. After cerebral infarction, the oropharyngeal muscle movement is slow or weak, which leads to dysfunction of the epiglottis that should cover the trachea when swallowing, and the foreign body chokes into the trachea, and coughing is generally a protective mechanism of the airway’s high reaction.
3. Choking cough is usually a dry cough, and cough with white or yellow or yellow-green secretions.
4. Choking cough is mainly to treat the primary disease, improve the dysphagia of swallowing action, pay attention to swallowing posture to prevent aspiration and choking; while cough is to eliminate inflammation, away from the irritant.
When the need for choking, cough treatment, need to be clearly diagnosed by a professional physician to develop diagnosis and treatment programs.