If there is cerebrovascular disease with swallowing difficulties, it will lead to choking and coughing in the elderly, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to do the examination of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease and do a good job in this regard to relieve choking and coughing. You can also do the following prevention at home, the elderly try to sit up straight when eating, if the elderly are bedridden, it is recommended that the head of the bed shake up, vertical before eating. Try to reduce the speed of eating to a small slow chewing, swallow the food residue in the mouth before the next bite, you can usually take a straw to carry out, straw practice can exercise the elderly throat muscles.