Dh has food stuck, not chocking but can't eat or dislodge it

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He has this '' thing '' where occasionally food gets stuck. He can breathe, obviously, it's just usually it moves within hours and Rarely over night.. He's had it overnight, anyone have this and have any tips?.

He's bounced on trampolines, puked copious times...

He's actually got hospital appt for this later this month.

Would diaazopam help to relax the gullet?

Are you sure it's food? Could it be an oesophageal spasm? Feels like you've got a golf ball stuck in your chest

Does it feel like its at the top of his mouth? Like in his sinus cavity sort of thing?

Nasal cavity not sinus.

It's in gullet somewhere.

It was after sausage, we had bbq (in our garden)

He definitely feels like something is gripping it.

Drink a fizzy drink to try to dislodge it?

Has he tried a fizzy drink? Fizz can sometimes shift a blockage. If it’s not moving he’s going to need to phone the GP.

Gaviscon might help, I get the feeling of food stuck in my throat it's some sort of reflux

This happened to my husband. We had to have him sedated in hospital for them to push the food item down into his stomach. Please don’t leave it, it can be very dangerous and at worst can cause oesophageal rupture.

Hi, i also posted on the other thread. My mum had this, was Achalasia. For her hot drinks helped a bit before she had a procedure to fix it.

He needs to see a medical professional. Covid or not this is a medical emergency. An obstructed oesophagus needs to be sorted ASAP.

He's had this for years. Sometimes it's happened several times a week, but usually it dislodges quickly or at least before bed.

Maybe 3 Times over 15 years it's happened over night. Once he did the go to a and e... And they couldn't seem to do anything!

Fizzy drinks come straight up and out...

I'll ask him to try warm squash.

Obviously we want to keep out of medical areas.

My other thread is about his hospital appt for this very issue

DH has this. He has a small web in his throat which occasionally gets food lodged in it. He now know where to press to help dislodge the blockage but we've found if it's tuck fast, the more you try to remove it the worse it gets as his throat gets swollen. He finds swallowing ice chips helps. However, he has had to go to A&E on occasions, when he can't get any liquids past the blockage and they give him a sedative which seems to help eventually.

Viva do you know what type of specialist deals with this sort of thing?

It's just in all this time no doctor has ever mentioned the sch ring thing or ach... Either... Encouraging that it worked for 10 years for your mum though. Is the procedure horrible?

Slug is ice chip just thin ice? Do you think diaazopam may help?

Ring 111 a&e still functioning as needed and in “clean” areas of hospital. Docs worried people not gettting help when needed

Shatzi's ring I think it's called. I know of one other person with it, also male. In this case it was resolve by having a tube put down his throat which broke the web. The best way to visualise it is to make a circle out of your thumb and forefinger, the web is similar to that small piece of flesh where your thumb and forefinger meet your hand. Food normally goes down but occasionally gets lodged on the ledge.

I think you need to seek medical advice, not self-medicating. The NHS is still operational (just about) and you should at the very least phone your GP or 111, if his breathing is affected go to A and E. It's stupid 'not to bother the dr' if it means risking your life in another way.

My OH has exactly this. Had to go through a&e and get sedated and get it extracted. Sorry.

Buscopan might help.

Can he move his head onto the side and gulp? Either side. My mum had an oesophageal stricture. She suffered a lot with this. She found her right side helped the most.

Speech therapists may be useful. It was the STs that gave her the excercixes to do when things got stuck. Lots and lots of tiny sips of cold water too while swallowing. And the head needs to be right over on the side to create the space.

When I was a nurse in ENT we would have regular admissions to the treatment room with this issue(food bolus). IV buscopan usually sorts it, if not its surgery to remove whatever is stuck. Please seek medical help if it doesn't shift.

Oh my goodness I have This! I've had it for years and I genuinely don't go a day without getting food stuck and forcing it back out by vomiting. If i try and drink it usually comes back up and makes me feel like I'm drowning. I honestly say regularly I think it's going to kill me one day.

Definitely needs to see someone urgently, covid or not. No way should you be considering strong medication to treat this. If it’s been happening for years then there are probably many normal reasons why this might happen, but more recent onset can also be a sign of other things. Definitely go in, A&E are functioning still, separate spaces for covid and normal routes in

My husband had this, is called dysphagia due to a tight ring in the oesophagus. He has a really bad episode once and ended up in hospital. Drinking a bottle of fizzy drink fixed it in the end that time but it was pretty horrible. He finally got it stretched with a balloon after that and it’s been better ever since.

Folding, he also feels very uncomfortable when drinking liquids.

At the moment he's OK and playing xbox. He knows how he feels and when to get further help. I'm just asking for tips...