You could try chewing first?
No, seriously. That shit is dangerous. Food “slowing down” in your digestive system is a shit way to describe narrowly avoiding choking yourself to death.
Ain’t nothing so important that you literally make yourself “late” forever. 😶
Sounds like a stricture–narrowing in the esophagus which can cause food to get stuck. Don’t know if you could choke to death from it since you can still breathe when it happens.
It’s not. I don’t have a stricture and the thing in the OP happens to me sometimes. It’s like very very occasionally, I swallow weird…and it’s almost like a cramp or something odd happens where I get pain from swallowing. It gives the same energy as when you accidentally inhale your own spit, but it relates to your esophagus instead of your lungs.
That souunds similar to what I experienced when I had a stricture.
I believe it, but it’s just not necessarily always from that lol
Oh no, I’m not saying it is.
I was attempting to paint a picture of a food lump barely small enough to pass into your throat, but not enough to make it into your stomach and imply that a very small increase in size or contour could stop it earlier. (ie. asphyxiation)
Does that not track?
This could be a sign of acid reflux leading to an inflamed esophagus.
Could also be that OP has a stricture (anatomical narrowing) in their esophagus, causing the food to get stuck at that point. Strictures can be caused by GERD but also can be from other issues. I had to get one loosened up when pills and solid foods which hadn’t been chewed to death started doing this. Pretty simple to diagnose and fix, but does require upper endoscopy.
Chicken and rice (separately or together) are the absolute worst for this.
Walmart steak rolls. Literally the only time it’s ever happens to me, but it happens consistently. I don’t have those often
This exclusively happens with rice for me, it’s the weirdest thing.
This happens to the rest of my family but not to me luckily. No other medical conditions but if they eat too fast it gets stuck and they have to throw up.
Wash it down with milk
