Tonight I started to choke after starting a meal!?

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Tonight, I just started a meal,which made me choke,I have had a few if these episodes.Not regular.Every 3 months or so.Tonight was bad,started to cough,then started to choke.My Daughter looked over,as if she was annoyed.I left the room,asked my husband for some water.He came with the water.After 5-10 minutes.Felt normal again.Felt a bit emotional as,my husband and I are First Aiders.My husband chose not to carry out first aid.He was in the kitchen,as I was choking! Am I being, over sensitive? It's just, if someone is choking.I would stop what I was doing, immediately carry out all I had learnt in first aid.He later,after finishing his meal.Came upstairs to ask if I was ok,I said yes,but was disappointed that he did not carry out any first aid & I had to ask for water!

Go to the GP and ask for a SALT referral OP. Sorry this has happened to you x

Could be EoE.

If you were able to ask for water then you weren't choking. There was no real first aid he could have provided. however it does sound unplesant.

Was the meal you were eating the same or similar to the other times you felt like this?

Go to your GP... My mum was coughing and had trouble swallowing. It was oesophageal cancer.

What first aid were you expecting? Heimlich manoeuvre? CPR?

My mum could ask for water when she had food stuck. Not choking in the sense she couldn't breathe but foos was not going down

Oh don't be horrible!

The OP was just hoping for some help and concern.

If you’re concerned go to your GP.
To be honest, if you were able to talk then your dh would have known you're ok.

I agree, not pleasant though.

He brought the water? Am sure this included an “are you ok”

I started getting all of this through perimenopause, my throat still gets weird.

Please see your GP. This is not normal

Same thing with our friend. Go to the GP asap

My husband developed persistent swallowing issues that were eventually treated surgically. As long as he was making noise, I could provide sympathy, but there was no first aid I could administer.

How awful for you OP. If it makes you feel any better I know myself and many others on here would have helped with your chocking

If you’re coughing then you’re not choking… and if you could ask for water then you weren’t choking. So it sounds like something just went in the wrong way and you handled it.

What did you need them to do?

I think you're expecting too much OP. You guys are first aid trained, not an A&E trauma consultant. If you could ask for water then you weren't choking. Did you do the heimlich on yourself over a chair or wall? Or was it just a case of some food getting stuck?

see your GP. Also anxiety can cause your throat feeling tight.

If you are making sound you are still getting air, so although it is awful and scary you are not going to die. But if its happening a lot, go to the GP.

Esonophilic esophigitis. I've just been diagnosed.

If you could talk then you weren't choking. What did you expect your DH to do?

I have had a lot of first aid training as a teacher and rule number 1 with choking is never to go out/to the loo/be alone! We were taught many people leave the room due to embarrassment and end up choking to death alone. Please, everyone, stay with people so if you are really choking and need help, people can see!

You must go to the GP about this.

Good grief some of the comments on here! Maybe the OP just wanted her DH to act like he cared? Really sorry OP, feeling like that can be awful. Hope you’re doing better now x

ENT surgeon did a talk with us once and said never ever flee if you begin to choke, stay amongst people ..don’t flee to restaurant bathroom for example…that’s how people …sorry…die…stay where people can help you if you can’t clear the obstruction..he gave examples of sad outcomes because people fled.

Sorry about thoughtless DH OP

I’m not sure what your husband has done wrong. The only thing he could have done is Heimlich manoeuvre which would obviously have been completely unnecessary.
If someone is choking and coughing they initially need to be left alone to cough - anything else is likely to worsen the situation and coughing is highly effective to clear an airway. It’s not a good idea to start whacking someone on the back straight away - let them try and cough it up themselves as this usually works. Your DH clearly made the right call.
Next step is bending them over and hitting them quite hard on the back but this is definitely a second step if the situation worsens and coughing is becoming difficult.
If the choking person can no longer cough (or can only cough very weakly) and is unable to breathe then the Heimlich is needed.
A drink of water can soothe the throat after the obstruction blocking the airway has been coughed up but doesn’t help with unblocking an airway.

You shouldn't have left the room, but as you did DH should have gone with you to make sure you didn't choke.

your DD needs a talking to if you really think she was annoyed, not concerned. How old is she?

definitely see your GP.

i hope you are feeling ok now, if a bit hurt about your DH. Which I think you have every right to be!!