A little choking cough when eating is due to food or drink entering the airway. Sometimes this condition is related to bad habits, such as eating while lying down or eating too quickly, as well as talking or laughing suddenly while eating, which can easily cause choking cough. But most of the time choking cough is caused by pathological diseases, this situation is divided into two categories: one is the problem of the throat itself, and the other is caused by other places in the throat dysfunction. Clinically, viral infections can cause paralysis of the throat wall, and after the paralysis of the throat wall, it loses its normal function, and when drinking or eating, it easily enters the airway and causes choking and coughing, which is medically known as true bulbar palsy. In addition, also caused by brain lesions, such as cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage is easy to choke, this condition is clinically known as pseudobulbar palsy, characterized by drinking water, especially into the liquid food is easy to choke cough, and eat solid things will be better, mainly because of cerebral infarction will lead to poor flexibility of the throat muscles. If you always choke on food, it is advisable to go to the hospital for relevant tests to identify what causes it.