Never had this with my other children so wondering if anyone else has experience...
My 10 month old has always been a refluxy spit up kind of baby but over the past while he has started to appear to choke on nothing and gag. These episodes start with a cough or two then process into extreme gagging and coughing like he is trying to clear something from his throat. He goes really red and gets very distressed. There is usually sharp intakes of breath with a wheeze when at the end of the gagging stage before it all suddenly stops. It last anywhere from a minute to maybe 4 or 5 minutes. Sometimes a sip of water helps, other times it makes it worse.
I can't put my fingers on any triggers. It happens when sitting up or lying down. Never had a episode during feeding. Happens inside and outside. With me and others. I've stopped using perfumes etc but no difference. There is no foods that seem to make it worse.
I've not managed to catch it on video as it always seems to happen when I don't have my phone (and the last thing that crosses my mind is to go find it at the time) and more scarily it's started happening in the car. I'd like to get it on video as its quite hard to describe to medical professionals who will want to witness it (based off my past experiences with kids coughs etc)
Always passes without much intervention from me, no back thrusts or anything needed but I'm getting concerned it will happen overnight or something when I am not there to monitor.
Should note he's been on and off teething since 3 months old, has 8 teeth already. He is teething but isn't overly drooly at the moment so I don't think it is that as it happens when he is drooly and when he is not.
Does it sound similar to anyone's experiences? What could it be?