Coughing after meals is considered to be related to food irritation, gastroesophageal reflux, aspiration into the trachea, chronic laryngitis and other causes. 1. Food irritation: If you eat spicy and irritating food or eat quickly, it can cause coughing after meals. 2. Gastroesophageal reflux: If you suffer from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), it can stimulate excessive secretion of gastric acid after eating, and the reflux of gastric acid and gastric contents can stimulate the pharynx or airway and other parts of the throat, which can cause coughing. 3. Inhalation into the trachea by mistake: If you eat quickly or have a reduced swallowing function, food or water can enter the trachea, which will reflexively cause a cough. 4. Chronic pharyngolaryngitis: When you have chronic pharyngolaryngitis, food can easily irritate your throat after eating, causing symptoms such as throat itching or coughing. There are many other reasons for coughing after meals, such as allergy stimulation, and rhinitis, etc., eating may stimulate increased secretion backflow to the throat to stimulate coughing, you need to go to the hospital in a timely manner to check the specific causes and treatment, so as not to delay the condition.