My anxiety was keeping me from swallowing and one thing that helped me was looking in the mirror while eating so you can see your throat move and know that you swallowed it
Hi there..I suffer from anxiety for years now. I started having this issue of painful swallowing only recently. I did not know that anxiety could be causing this.
Can't thank this Lady enough for making video in so much of a Relatable Topic. Please Guys, Pray to Our Mighty Jesus to cure me. I am suffering from so much of anxiety due to this Choking syndrome. Please Guys, Pray for me. I request 🙏
that feeling when your anxiety makes you have trouble swallowing your allergy pill but not being able to swallow the allergy pill gives you anxiety because your symptoms are getting worse and its an endless cycle
Just watched this video, and I'm thinking that technique would work well too. Thank you for letting us know how well it works, and I'm glad you've healed!
Hi 😊 may I ask if you were diagnosed with anything or did you just do that exercise to see if it would help. I’m going through this right now and it’s a very scary thing.
@@andreamartinez27 my throat was messed up after breaking my leg and needing surgery The tube they put through my throat when putting me to sleep messed up my throat These exercises helped tremendously and I still do them every couple of months or so to keep my throat strong
I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. The tongue exercise helped tremendously & solved my problem. My problems stem from certain medications & stomach bugs with acid reflux. This is one less annoyance to worry about! God bless you!
This is so helpful, I have GERD. Through this video I’ve learned several useful pieces of information: stop taking my nighttime supplements while lying flat in bed, stop rushing while I’m eating and chew my food properly. She’s wonderful at describing the exercises. Will definitely do them.
1 year later, I have a question. Do you still have difficulty swallowing? I'm asking because I'm going through this myself and I'm worried I may never eat normally again.
My dysphagia is two fold. Stage IV unresectable head and neck cancer in the left tonsil in 2006~7. I had a small stroke that has left my tongue and vocal chord on the left side paralyzed. Recently I had my esophagus dilated and my left vocal chord injected to ease the load on the right side. I will be trying these methods tomorrow morning, thank you for the information on hoping it works 😃
@@OldGriz708 hahah! Way to keep the positive attitude, man. I envy that. My GAD and dysthymia don't allow me to see the upside often lol. Did those methods work for you by the way?
@@OldGriz708 I too have dysphagia. Had tongue cancer in 98! Head and next radiation which saved my life and destroyed my saliva glands and burned up my Thyroid. Fast forward- I have since had all my teeth pulled, and have implants. My. jaw broke while biting on a chip. Worse pain I had ever felt. 3 jaw surgeries later, (2 got infected) I can't swallow much either. I have had a feeding tube off and on 3 times (mostly on). Latest was place yesterday. I went a year trying to eat and but couldn't maintain my weight without the tube. So anyone having swallowing issues, I feel ya. It's not a good feeling not being able to run through the drive thru and grab a burger. But those days are gone, unless Divine intervention and I praying for complete healing- for all of us.
I tried the head turn for my dad not knowing which side is affected . He shared it is easier to swallow on left side and lunch went in smoothly . Thank u Doc for putting such useful exercise video . I will have to teach him now to ensure he is independent . ❤ the way you explained it . Thanks again .
Wow... Thank you so much.. The first tip worked perfectly for me.. I can actually feel air in my throat passing through and not having the feeling of it being blocked. It takes a few minutes overall but it is working for me! I put my tong out and bite it with my teeth, holding that position whilst breathing in and out through my nose. The stuck food on my throat travelled down! You've made my life alot easier!
I haven’t had a stroke but I have had physical trauma to the left side of my neck when wrestling. Turning the head makes a huge difference! Thank you for the information
Dear Eugene, I am suffering like crazy with swallowing going wrong way. Your exercises are helpful. Could you please add sone technique or made a new video on how to get that last particle down. As mostly one very small particle gets stuck in throat. Bothers all day , won’t go down. Thank you for making such a wonderful video!! Blessings
I almost choked tonight. I am very scared. As I was scared to eat and drink, I now notice, my swallowing is very dangerous. So I litteraly just find out I have this disorder. I am scared to eat and drink now and even to swallow my own spit. I have not slept all night and i am gonna call the doctor as soon as they open. This video helps me now though, as i try to swallow while looking down. I am litteraly so scared now, i almost choked earlier tonight in a piece of crisps, not being able to breath for a couple of seconds. I am in panic the whole time since i have to swallow my spit. I am very scared.
Are you better now? I choked on some food a couple of weeks ago and ever since noticed here and there it's like I would hesitate to swallow sending my food and drink back up. Now the last five days I've barely ate, I'm lucky if I can get yogurt down it's so bad and liquids. Im scared to death worrying will I ever eat again. Im scared I'll choke on just drinking water or eating yogurt. I'm so upset about the whole thing. I'm waiting for a referral to get a barium so my doctor can check and make sure nothing is going on
My mom had a ruptured brain aneurism in October and went to rehab and was on a minced and moist diet . After a shunt adjustment she’s failed every swallow evaluation since she’s had 3. Id like to help her and I’m so incredibly sad because she cries for water and it breaks my heart . I need to get her back .
Great video. I'm a medical student and I got a question about the chin-tuck posture! Got it wrong. But now after searching it and watching this video, I know 5 extra things that can help with dysphagia! Thank you.
I am Covid positive and the last two days have not been able to swallow saliva in my mouth or solid foods. I’m subconsciously swallowing still. It’s really scary and have never experienced this before. I hope your page helps me and points me in the right direction as this is creating such anxiety for me.
@@itstiffany485 I received many tests and a cat scan showed a lymph node behind the tongue near the epiglottis was swollen. I got a steroid shot and a steroid pack. It took about 5 days to work but it did finally swell down and I was able to swallow normal again. I really hope this helps you. Try not so panic and just keep water close for sips to swallow. I did also see an ent after Covid passed and never found out the true cause but could’ve been Covid that caused the swelling since it’s upper respiratory.
@@itstiffany485 I’m very sorry to hear you’re experiencing this. I had a terrible time in the hospital as they said it was my anxiety. They were very wrong and in denial I had this. My doctor saw my cat scan and chose the steroid pack. Ent did say this can happen so if you can get to one or a primary they can help. Be aware steroids can make anxiety escalate as well. I do hope this helps as my experience was very scary.
@@Hotchelle I had been struggling with this since January when I got covid and couldn't swallow, they got an steroid shot as well but then I got very light headed and anxious. I couldn't swallow for week then I suddenly could. It comes and go but now I haven't been able to eat solid food for a two months already and doctors kept saying it was anxiety. I finally got one taking it a bit seriously and I have to get a swallowing xray vide type of thing done. Hopefully they find what's happening.
My Sensei, you just improved my Life, Thank You So Much, i suffer with achalasia the insufferable disorder....with these exercises i can feel less weight in my chest which means i can swallow, i kind of ignored physiotherapy for achalasia, now i realize how important it can be.
Thankyou so much!! I was at my wit's end with pain from swallowing after tongue surgery a week ago but after using a combination of all three postures you have shown I have just been able to eat my first decent amount of food without so much pain. Thankyou again from the U.K. 🙂
I am a Speech-Language Pathologist who has been actively practicing in the field of dysphagia for many years. It is not recommended that these exercises be performed unless they have been prescribed by a Speech-Language Pathologist following an objective swallow assessment via a Modified Barium Swallow or a Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of the Swallow. For some people, they can make the swallowing mechanism worse and actually increase the risk of obstruction / aspiration. This video is a lovely visual aid to help people who have been prescribed these exercises / manoeuvres, but it should be made clear that people should not perform them unless instructed to do so by a qualified professional.
Hi, can you help me, my mom suffered a hemorragic stroke, but in my country and in the situation that mom is we can't do a videofluoroscopy what can we do?
Unfortunately not everyone has healthcare and thus sometimes we have to resort to Internet videos to get by. I for one believe this video has helped me greatly and I’m very thankful for the information
Thanks for all the tips and exercises. I find myself occasionally aspirating when drinking water when I first get up in the morning, then I feel the water in my lungs the rest of the day and trying to cough it up... unsuccessfully.
3 years :( I’m sorry to hear that I’m going to the doctor next week to see what’s wrong I’m having issues sometimes with swallowing … hope you get better and me too
THANK YOU!!! I had the ACDF surgical procedure over a year ago. I have some serious issuesafterwards with Dysphagia and Aspiration and dry heave on food\pills daily. I fear that aspiration pneumonia is upcoming if I don't do something! The ENT's I consulted with didn't recommend any type of treatment or personal therapy. The only advise I got was chew food well, drink a lot of liquid with each bite, and eat my meals absorbed in no other external stimulus (watching TV and eating....ect) I'll whole heartedly perform exercises multiple times daily. It would be nice to feel like I'm not chocking after eating and running out of breath when swallowing liquid.
Thank you so much for this! I have a brain lesion on the pons, and I had a feeding tube placed on December 12th and I cannot afford speech therapy yet, this is so helpful!💜
@@devilsKrEEd thank you so much for asking, you are so kind. 💕 I was finally approved for Medicare / disability, so I did get to go to speech therapy, and the best trick my speech therapist taught me was the same as number one that she has taught us here, the chin tuck! That helps me to swallow my saliva properly without is going into my lungs! although overall speech therapy did not work to get rid of my tube because apparently the little flappy thing in my throat that is controlled and connected to my brain, isd unable to be fixed to work so that I wouldn't aspirate if I eat or drink. So I am so on my feeding tube, but that is okay because I consider myself so very blessed. I did relearn how to walk and talk and write, which many people that have the type of brain lesion I have, are not so lucky. 1/3 die immediately, 1/3 get stuck in what is called locked in syndrome where they can only move their eyes for the rest of their life even though they are very alert and know what's going on, and the last third get a little bit better and accept their new normal, that's me! For that I am forever grateful and I am so thankful to be so blessed. So all in all I am doing fantastic! Thank you so much for asking my friend. I hope this makes sense sometimes it's hard with my words. I apologize if it doesn't. I hope you are having a wonderful weekend and I wish you peace joy and love! 💖
@@GirlMomma I am so glad and happy on your recovery. Actually my dad suffered from his second stroke on 9 sep 2021. His speech/swallowing is totally compromised and is on Ng tube still and is totally bed bound. Keep yourself active and keep on practicing as recovery within years is also highly probable.
@@devilsKrEEd I am so sorry to hear that your dad is unwell. I will keep him in my thoughts and prayers. And you too ️💕 I wish your dad will get well and that he starts feeling better. I will keep on getting better throughout all the years, I promise ✝️ 💜🙏
Thank you very much for your kindly direction of dysphagia treatment. Very helpful for me . Difficulty of swallowing troubles eating. My throat heals, my heart as well. Many thanks, again.
After going over 4 or t hours worth of this type of content, the techniques shown here are not exhaustive but are the most comprehensive an generally useful for a single video on this subject. My dysphagia is post tonsillectomy with some minor phayrngeoplasty and some undefined complications that are nonetheless serious. Going into day 8 on IV bags for nutrition exclusively. Made some progress in the past couple of days though so I am hopeful to see recovery to normal return to expected outcomes.
I don't know if I struggle with the actual act of swallowing (that much) but swallowing food is hard, I made 3 scrabbled eggs the other day and it took me over an hour to eat them all. My mate did it in 5 min. I have to make the chunks so small in my mouth and chew them for like 2min (even though they're already scrambled) and cover it in saliva, just to swallow. It's crazy.
Same! I chew chew chew and sometimes I just cannot get myself to swallow it I have to spit it out and the food will literally be liquid? It’s almost like before I had this swallowing issue I’d swallow and food would just slide down no issues, now if I do swallow the food goes down SO slow or just feels stuck in a awkward place. I HATE THIS SO MUCH 🥲
@@mols_x hi my problem was reflux. I was having the sameeee issues you guys are describing and i started to get scary that it would be something more serious. So guys...take reflux medicine.
Hi there, I have dysphagia due to an esophageal stricture and acid reflux. I'm mainly on a liquid diet with certain soft foods like yogurt and ice cream. I went several months without eating (only liquids) before I found a doctor that correctly diagnosed my problem. I'm being treated for it now they have to gradually dialate me once a month since my stricture was severe and closer to the top of my esophagus. I'm having a problem learning how to eat and swallow properly because it's been so long since I've eaten solid food. Its been a really difficult journey, I feel like I've completely forgotten how to swallow. Anytime I try to eat anything I feel like it's getting stuck. My question is how often do you suggest I do these exercises? I'd really appreciate your opinion 🙂 Thanks and God bless❤
Dear sis, my father has same problem from past 1 month. I'm very depressed. He doesn't want to go to doc fearing about something. Can you please tell me how long you've been going through this?
@@justiceforasifa9730 I'm so sorry to hear that. I know how difficult and scary it is to not be able to eat normally. I've been experiencing this for a year and a half now. My main problem was that it took me several months to find a doctor that correctly diagnosed my problem. It turns out I have an esophageal stricture, which means that a part of my esophagus becomes so narrow that it's hard to pass any food through, it also makes it very difficult to swallow. Because of that I've been on a liquid diet. It is very important to get your father to a doctor so that they can diagnose and treat him. Not eating for long periods of time is very serious. I ended up in the emergency room from dehydration and complications from malnutrition. My thoughts and prayers are with you.Please update me and let me know how your father is doing. God bless❤
@@Jesus_is_Lord555 Thanks dear! He skipped lunch from past 15 days almost. What bothers me is that he takes only Lipton tea 3-4 times a day & dinner. Isn't taking tea (continuously) bad for stomach or may be esophagus as well?
@@justiceforasifa9730 Caffeinated drinks are not good for the stomach in my experience. Especially if you have acid reflux. I always get really bad heartburn when I have caffeine. I had to quit drinking coffee, which was not easy. I was told to stay away from caffeine and acidic or spicy foods. I'm not sure what is causing your father's problem but if its stomach related it is best to stay away from caffeine. I hope that helps 😊
This is great I have a partial paralysis on the right vocal cord and often when waking up or sometimes throughout the day can tell the right side isn’t working and I don’t feel I can swallow. I appreciate the information
I have Gastroesophageal Reflux disease. I have heavy scarring in my esophagus and a useless, damaged flap of an epiglottis. The esophageal sphincter shutting combined with swelling and fluid/food going in to my airway and my body constantly trying to digest food in my mouth by sending up bile is really making it next to impossible to eat. I can get surgery to fix it, but it will eventually come right back.
Last Wednesday i had an pre strock and now i have this dysphasia disorder im getting therapies but i can for now eat like putting,hello,milk,water and doctors are pushing for the use of a hose though the nose to feeding me and i really don’t want that,it has been hard time for me,God help me please to be normal again!
Thanks, this video has been really helpful for my Swallowing. My left Vocal cord is not functional and have been using the side way swallow technique unknowingly.
Thank you, I have a form of Muscular Dystrophy called Myotonic Dystrophy. There are several ways this effects people but swallowing is one. I will try this. :)
i think my problem is neurologically. im going to swallow some barium this friday to see whats going on. i just hope they dont put that camera back down my nose again that was horrible. i cant wait to get rid of my g tube.
My predicament of the aforementioned is extremely painful, too. I am forced to try and backwash, or "throw up" to dislodge the food. I am often tearing my throat up from attempting to swallow and blood accompanies my backwash
the medulson manuver gives me great relief for the type of dysphagia I have. (its outside osophical scarring from surgery) so greatful for your informative video! thanks so much :-)
Thank you so much, since getting Covid I’ve had a really bizarre swallow which doctors don’t seem concerned about but it’s getting worse. Randomly it’s like my swallow mechanics fail several times a day or if I’m chewing gum I can initiate the mechanical failure several times. Can you shed any light? I have got Acid reflux which could be worth noting
I went to the hospital with these symptoms and they didn't even give me any medication or a diagnosis or anything. Please help I can't eat or drink and losing weight. Why didn't they help me at the hospital?
Its because its not medical. Theres nothing wrong with you its all in your mind. If you think you cant swallow you wont be able to. I have and still am experiencing it. Its like with my breathing its all anxiety. You and i both are fine uts just us overthinking it. You should try relaxing and doing hobbies to take your mind off it. Sorry if this is long . I just wanna help 👍
@@ZukiiBH thank you, luckily I am doing a lot better now but yeah your comment does make sense as I do have health anxiety issues and sometimes phantom symptoms created by my head. Thank you for your help 🌸 I hope you manage to heal
Hello. I was diagnosed with Pharyngeal dysphagia due to a brain injury, but this swallowing problem it's getting worse the last few months, some days it's so hard to swallow and others I don't have any problems, recently I have the sensation that food its stock in my throat, I try to swallow very hard and drink a lot of water sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't, the sensation can last 1- 2 days and suddenly disappeared, I've noticed white bumps in my throat and doing research on internet i've been able to remove them. I'm impress of what the body can adapt to every circumstance, my point here it's that I have never watched a video of swallowing exercises because it doesn't affect me every day (but when does it's so bad, worse days ) and my body did every exercise you explain here specially the last one! It's it very hard living like this. Thank you for your videos!!
This Pseudodysphagia has been affecting not just me, but my family and they’re really angry at me, it’s not my fault it happened last year, and it made me eat less, and last month, my cousin force fed me with a burger and I choked for 30 seconds before he give me cpr I wanted to be cured by this goddamn disease and I wanted to eat normal again
I have this fear that when i swallow food it will go to the wrong pipe. That's why when the food suddenly slip in my throat i get so nervous and scared. I have this thought in my head since July this year (2022). My swallowing went normal last Thursday, November 24. And the anxiety came to me again when the food i am eating suddenly slip into my throat. I can feel the food slipping down and get stucked. But i can breath just fine. I tried drinking water. My fear is still there 😔 I thought these things has ended already.. it keeps coming back. 11/26/2022 - (SAT) 3:11 PM
I have a hard time swallowing liquids due to M S. I had little problem with food until recently when I got false teeth and now I'm have real trouble and can not swallow anything with teeth in so I have to eat lots of soft food with no teeth. I feel the muscles tiring so I have to rest. I am hoping your exercises help.. Thank you posting the video.
I have this monster Multiple sclerosis and i suffer from dysphagia. I hope it helps me . I'll try it...when i swallow food i'm afraid of dying bc of this 😭
Upright posture is great and I imagine that it would work best when back support is given by a chair or repositioned bed. Simply sitting on the side of a bed with someone with coordination problems could give an eater unnecessary things to think about.
Thank you very much for sharing this video, i am really having a serious swallowing problem ..especially with pills , some (several) times it comes up to Choking .. and Losing the ability to breathe .. I am so worried about this thing .. even though.. i am trying not to be frightened by it 😔
Hello, That is too bad. It is quite stressful and scary. I would suggest seeing your doctor and asking for a recommendation for a speech language pathologist, they may even suggest a neurologist. Thanks, Sierra
I am going through the same thing. My life has become so difficult with this difficulty to swallow pills. I am so clueless I don’t know what to do. Can’t get sick because can’t swallow medicine.
dhfhfgcdchg same I'm 14 and I have a hard time swallowing pills I recently kinda choked on a pill it felt like it was stuck in my throat and I hated that feeling, now I have a really hard time swallowing food because I don't want to choke or I don't like the sensation of having something stuck on your throat. I've always had this problem since I was little because I have a phobia of choking I would freak out so badly if I was constantly thinking about swallowing saliva and then not being able to. I really hate this problem whenever I eAt i always think about if I'm going to choke. I'm scared that I have some kind of disease in my throat and it's not anxiety 🙁
@@iamdissapointed6810 hey I had a pill get stuck in my throat, has there been any improvement? I went to the doctor and had an emergency endoscopy but only found H.Pylori and said it was anxiety. I haven’t been able to eat and have a hard time swallowing for almost 3 months now
Hello thank you for the tips. I havr this problem for almost 2 years , in the beginning i couldn t swallow almost nothing only liquids. After 6 months till now i can swallow better but it was never like in the beginning. I went to doctors and they said that I have nothing?? How is this possible, maybe of stress drugs i dont know?😰😰😰
I have had several endoscopys now and every time the results (even with biopsies) come back negative. I can swallow but often food gets stuck. I think there are many factors I need to look into however, factors the doctors can't seem to point out. Doctors I find seem very good at writing prescriptions for different drugs I should take but I wonder if there is a link for me with things like lack of sleep, fasting, not drinking throughout the day, how strenuous exercises impact my swallowing, my T-levels, etc. Something is obviously triggering it, I can go weeks with not a single episode and then other times I have the choking sensation several times a day. Maybe I need to invest in a swallowing habit diary as well as my own health observations.
I went to the dr after a car accident because of multiple complications with basic functions, this was one of them. Didn't even try to listen to my symptoms. Focused on the fact that I had memory issues (duh concussion) BUT told me it was depression?? And that I should get a prescription like Wtf ? I'm sick of the doctors where I live because they always say it's something unrelated until you really start to suffer and bother them to do testing. I'm not the only person Who's had this happen either. They say everything is nothing at this point cuz they just want you to pay big pharma. bs. TH-cam has better solutions at this point 😂
Hi I'm a 18 year old male I'm suffering from swallowing difficulties . It's been 1 year now and I still have some difficulties back when it started it was like brain was not coordinating the swallow and it had gone worse over the period of like a month it had happened back then that I had a time that I was completely not able to swallow food not even solidified liquids after that I saw many doctors from a normal physician to ent to neurologist but nothing helped everything was to be seen normal in reports after that I found a ayurvedic treatment centre after which it started a improve but till date now also I'm not able to swallow properly and I hear some clicking sound when I swallow and requires water to clear the throat to every bite I take . What should I do?
i'm also 18 and i have the same problem like u. i have gone to many doctors and got some tests too but every report is normal but still i can't swallow any solids easily. i feel like my muscles donot work and my throat is just closing and its been a year. sometimes it get worse and worse. im really tired of it
extremely dry mouth and too much excessive saliva is extremely hard to swallow. My swallowing muscles goes on and off and I want to swallow normally like I used to than what I'm doing now is chewing like a chew toy on my sleeves, collar, nails, and another bite when food is really stuck in my throat for a long time.
Why do your swallow muscles go on and off if you don't mine me asking? I never had a problem swallowing in my life and then one night about two weeks ago I was having dinner and I started to notice difficulty swallowing. It felt like small particles of food were stuck in the back of my throat, and then I would have to swallow 2 or 3 times for the food to go down and ever since it's been a problem..
It keeps getting stuck in my throat and esophagus because of the tightness. All the swallowing methods I used never last me long. My muscles aren't strong they're very weak and fatigue. I'm getting my 2 surgery and I can go back to normal.
I just realized my son does not have uvula!!! He's been to hundreds of doctors and not one has ever told me this!! This could explain some of his speech and swallowing issues. My question: Can he swallow without a uvula? What muscles are involved with swallowing and what won't he be able to do??
Thank you so much I hope this will help me as I have been having trouble swallowing and breathing I’m not sure if it is anxiety but if it improves I’m sure that it was
I have a question, Im pretty new to dysphagia general speaking. Only had it about 7 months now. So i mean its been a while but in comparison to most its not been all that long. I Actually was suggested the mendleson maneuver. In all honesty this one helped me a lot when i saw my slp the other week for the first time. In all honesty it has helped me a ton with not feeling like im getting any of my liquified food and drinks going down my windpipe any more. I'm curious though, will it become second nature to do this eventually? I was also told to hold for at least 3 seconds but the best i can do is 2, but it works out for me regardless. Granted it doesnt work 100% of the time but it definitely helps. I'm just a bit annoyed i seem to have to hold my finger to my throat every time I do it to get it to work so i was wondering if eventually i'll just be able to swallow this way with out needing the assistance of my finger lol
I have Trigeminal Neuralgia and it's miserable. Went to the Gi Dr and they told me that I have a small Hiatial Hernia and Gerd Acid Reflex Disease. Mild Esphogatis. Went to a Neurologist and they did MRI didn't find anything. It was Normal. Now they Sending me to ENT. Hopefully I can get some relief because it's a nightmare.
Hi , Thank you for your content!! do you know if the shaker exercise allow to relax the upper sphincter ? or does it just help it to open it ? because mine contract too much when I swallow..
If you can't burp there's a subreddit called 'no-burp' where you can learn a lot about it. It's called R-CPD and it's a lower esophagus sphincter disfunction
My anxiety was keeping me from swallowing and one thing that helped me was looking in the mirror while eating so you can see your throat move and know that you swallowed it
Joseph Wehby thank you for this!
Really? I'll try this.
@@Orthodox.777 I have the same problem and I'm 18
Hi there..I suffer from anxiety for years now. I started having this issue of painful swallowing only recently. I did not know that anxiety could be causing this.
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Can't thank this Lady enough for making video in so much of a Relatable Topic. Please Guys, Pray to Our Mighty Jesus to cure me. I am suffering from so much of anxiety due to this Choking syndrome. Please Guys, Pray for me. I request 🙏
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May Allah give you a healthy life my daughter has same choking problem and have lost weight
Hello. I wanted to see how you’re doing. I’m going through this now.
@@andreamartinez27 I am completely fine now Andrea. Do follow some guidelines and you'll be alright.
Praying for you dear! Any updates? 🩷✝️
that feeling when your anxiety makes you have trouble swallowing your allergy pill but not being able to swallow the allergy pill gives you anxiety because your symptoms are getting worse and its an endless cycle
Did it get better for you? If so How did it?
@@aloneforeternity456 ngl bro i just use liquid medication as inconvenient as it is 🥲
What's your underlying cause of having dysphagia?
Number one Masako completely healed me after a few weeks of periodic exercises
Thank you!!!
I had been feeling like I was drowning but not anymore!❤
Just watched this video, and I'm thinking that technique would work well too. Thank you for letting us know how well it works, and I'm glad you've healed!
Hi 😊 may I ask if you were diagnosed with anything or did you just do that exercise to see if it would help. I’m going through this right now and it’s a very scary thing.
@@andreamartinez27 my throat was messed up after breaking my leg and needing surgery
The tube they put through my throat when putting me to sleep messed up my throat
These exercises helped tremendously and I still do them every couple of months or so to keep my throat strong
I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. The tongue exercise helped tremendously & solved my problem. My problems stem from certain medications & stomach bugs with acid reflux. This is one less annoyance to worry about! God bless you!
This is so helpful, I have GERD. Through this video I’ve learned several useful pieces of information: stop taking my nighttime supplements while lying flat in bed, stop rushing while I’m eating and chew my food properly. She’s wonderful at describing the exercises. Will definitely do them.
hi i have gerd too .. could u share some tips on how to ease the swallowing difficulty that comes with it?
Take a food sensitivity test. Dr Gundry is very helpful on the subject of gerd
1 year later, I have a question. Do you still have difficulty swallowing?
I'm asking because I'm going through this myself and I'm worried I may never eat normally again.
@@DripdripKing same are you ok now?
My dysphagia is two fold.
Stage IV unresectable head and neck cancer in the left tonsil in 2006~7.
I had a small stroke that has left my tongue and vocal chord on the left side paralyzed.
Recently I had my esophagus dilated and my left vocal chord injected to ease the load on the right side.
I will be trying these methods tomorrow morning, thank you for the information on hoping it works 😃
Jesus.. I'm so sorry to hear that. Every time you think you have it bad there's always someone who has it worse. Hope something is helping you.
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Dude, I woke up above the dirt and above room temperature again today. I take that as a win every day 😃.
@@OldGriz708 hahah! Way to keep the positive attitude, man. I envy that. My GAD and dysthymia don't allow me to see the upside often lol. Did those methods work for you by the way?
@@OldGriz708 I too have dysphagia. Had tongue cancer in 98! Head and next radiation which saved my life and destroyed my saliva glands and burned up my Thyroid. Fast forward- I have since had all my teeth pulled, and have implants. My. jaw broke while biting on a chip. Worse pain I had ever felt. 3 jaw surgeries later, (2 got infected) I can't swallow much either. I have had a feeding tube off and on 3 times (mostly on). Latest was place yesterday. I went a year trying to eat and but couldn't maintain my weight without the tube. So anyone having swallowing issues, I feel ya. It's not a good feeling not being able to run through the drive thru and grab a burger. But those days are gone, unless Divine intervention and I praying for complete healing- for all of us.
@@dwightybrown6719 how are you now?
It hurts when nobody realizes how much not being able to eat a single egg or even a fry can change your entire life
I have just been diagnosed with this and needed these exercises. Thank you so much.
Hello. So what did you do to recover?
anxiety sucks 😭😭
I thought I was alone on this😂😂😂
@@dcsa2245 omg sameeeeeee
MAE OLE same
So true huhu
yup i cant have any of my food i got and i have to eat soup
I tried the head turn for my dad not knowing which side is affected . He shared it is easier to swallow on left side and lunch went in smoothly . Thank u Doc for putting such useful exercise video . I will have to teach him now to ensure he is independent . ❤ the way you explained it . Thanks again .
Wow... Thank you so much.. The first tip worked perfectly for me.. I can actually feel air in my throat passing through and not having the feeling of it being blocked. It takes a few minutes overall but it is working for me!
I put my tong out and bite it with my teeth, holding that position whilst breathing in and out through my nose. The stuck food on my throat travelled down! You've made my life alot easier!
Thanks so much, i just tried it drinking milk and found that turning my head toward the injured side really allows me to swallow better.
I haven’t had a stroke but I have had physical trauma to the left side of my neck when wrestling. Turning the head makes a huge difference! Thank you for the information
Dear Eugene, I am suffering like crazy with swallowing going wrong way. Your exercises are helpful.
Could you please add sone technique or made a new video on how to get that last particle down. As mostly one very small particle gets stuck in throat. Bothers all day , won’t go down. Thank you for making such a wonderful video!!
Blessings
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I have the same problem
I almost choked tonight. I am very scared. As I was scared to eat and drink, I now notice, my swallowing is very dangerous. So I litteraly just find out I have this disorder. I am scared to eat and drink now and even to swallow my own spit. I have not slept all night and i am gonna call the doctor as soon as they open. This video helps me now though, as i try to swallow while looking down. I am litteraly so scared now, i almost choked earlier tonight in a piece of crisps, not being able to breath for a couple of seconds. I am in panic the whole time since i have to swallow my spit. I am very scared.
Are you all right now??
Chew alot and eat slow from now on
Thats exactly me too.
Its so aggravating..Sometimes the thought alone triggers it..I cant enjoy food the way I use too..
Are you better now? I choked on some food a couple of weeks ago and ever since noticed here and there it's like I would hesitate to swallow sending my food and drink back up. Now the last five days I've barely ate, I'm lucky if I can get yogurt down it's so bad and liquids. Im scared to death worrying will I ever eat again. Im scared I'll choke on just drinking water or eating yogurt. I'm so upset about the whole thing. I'm waiting for a referral to get a barium so my doctor can check and make sure nothing is going on
Sarah Arroyo did you go what happened?
My mom had a ruptured brain aneurism in October and went to rehab and was on a minced and moist diet . After a shunt adjustment she’s failed every swallow evaluation since she’s had 3. Id like to help her and I’m so incredibly sad because she cries for water and it breaks my heart . I need to get her back .
Great video. I'm a medical student and I got a question about the chin-tuck posture! Got it wrong. But now after searching it and watching this video, I know 5 extra things that can help with dysphagia! Thank you.
I am Covid positive and the last two days have not been able to swallow saliva in my mouth or solid foods. I’m subconsciously swallowing still. It’s really scary and have never experienced this before. I hope your page helps me and points me in the right direction as this is creating such anxiety for me.
I’m experiencing the same thing
@@itstiffany485 I received many tests and a cat scan showed a lymph node behind the tongue near the epiglottis was swollen. I got a steroid shot and a steroid pack. It took about 5 days to work but it did finally swell down and I was able to swallow normal again. I really hope this helps you. Try not so panic and just keep water close for sips to swallow. I did also see an ent after Covid passed and never found out the true cause but could’ve been Covid that caused the swelling since it’s upper respiratory.
@@itstiffany485 I’m very sorry to hear you’re experiencing this. I had a terrible time in the hospital as they said it was my anxiety. They were very wrong and in denial I had this. My doctor saw my cat scan and chose the steroid pack. Ent did say this can happen so if you can get to one or a primary they can help. Be aware steroids can make anxiety escalate as well. I do hope this helps as my experience was very scary.
@@Hotchelle I had been struggling with this since January when I got covid and couldn't swallow, they got an steroid shot as well but then I got very light headed and anxious. I couldn't swallow for week then I suddenly could. It comes and go but now I haven't been able to eat solid food for a two months already and doctors kept saying it was anxiety. I finally got one taking it a bit seriously and I have to get a swallowing xray vide type of thing done. Hopefully they find what's happening.
My Sensei, you just improved my Life, Thank You So Much, i suffer with achalasia the insufferable disorder....with these exercises i can feel less weight in my chest which means i can swallow, i kind of ignored physiotherapy for achalasia, now i realize how important it can be.
There's physiotherapy? 🥺
@@casiesilverman i guess physiotherapy for achalasia involves swallowing and breathing exercises.
Thankyou so much!! I was at my wit's end with pain from swallowing after tongue surgery a week ago but after using a combination of all three postures you have shown I have just been able to eat my first decent amount of food without so much pain. Thankyou again from the U.K. 🙂
I am a Speech-Language Pathologist who has been actively practicing in the field of dysphagia for many years. It is not recommended that these exercises be performed unless they have been prescribed by a Speech-Language Pathologist following an objective swallow assessment via a Modified Barium Swallow or a Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of the Swallow. For some people, they can make the swallowing mechanism worse and actually increase the risk of obstruction / aspiration. This video is a lovely visual aid to help people who have been prescribed these exercises / manoeuvres, but it should be made clear that people should not perform them unless instructed to do so by a qualified professional.
Hi, can you help me, my mom suffered a hemorragic stroke, but in my country and in the situation that mom is we can't do a videofluoroscopy what can we do?
Hi, my dysphasia is related to gerd, can i do these exercises?
Unfortunately not everyone has healthcare and thus sometimes we have to resort to Internet videos to get by. I for one believe this video has helped me greatly and I’m very thankful for the information
Haha, the doors are slowly closing. I'm sure you also advise against mewing. Worried about your next paycheck?
Thanks for all the tips and exercises. I find myself occasionally aspirating when drinking water when I first get up in the morning, then I feel the water in my lungs the rest of the day and trying to cough it up... unsuccessfully.
Wait this is how my swallowing problem started and a year and 4 months later it’s a lot worse :(
Same here :(
OMG, thank you so much...Ive had this thing for almost three years....these exercises help.God bless you
3 years :( I’m sorry to hear that I’m going to the doctor next week to see what’s wrong I’m having issues sometimes with swallowing … hope you get better and me too
@@noemibarrera5811 how are you?
I’m proud of al the people in the comment section...
I’m doing my very best to hold back 😅
Excellent explanation of the exercises, they are clear and easy to follow. I appreciate you taking the time to record this! Cheers.
THANK YOU!!! I had the ACDF surgical procedure over a year ago. I have some serious issuesafterwards with Dysphagia and Aspiration and dry heave on food\pills daily. I fear that aspiration pneumonia is upcoming if I don't do something!
The ENT's I consulted with didn't recommend any type of treatment or personal therapy. The only advise I got was chew food well, drink a lot of liquid with each bite, and eat my meals absorbed in no other external stimulus (watching TV and eating....ect) I'll whole heartedly perform exercises multiple times daily. It would be nice to feel like I'm not chocking after eating and running out of breath when swallowing liquid.
Did you find it worked
Thank you so much for this! I have a brain lesion on the pons, and I had a feeding tube placed on December 12th and I cannot afford speech therapy yet, this is so helpful!💜
Hows progress?
@@devilsKrEEd thank you so much for asking, you are so kind. 💕 I was finally approved for Medicare / disability, so I did get to go to speech therapy, and the best trick my speech therapist taught me was the same as number one that she has taught us here, the chin tuck! That helps me to swallow my saliva properly without is going into my lungs! although overall speech therapy did not work to get rid of my tube because apparently the little flappy thing in my throat that is controlled and connected to my brain, isd unable to be fixed to work so that I wouldn't aspirate if I eat or drink. So I am so on my feeding tube, but that is okay because I consider myself so very blessed. I did relearn how to walk and talk and write, which many people that have the type of brain lesion I have, are not so lucky. 1/3 die immediately, 1/3 get stuck in what is called locked in syndrome where they can only move their eyes for the rest of their life even though they are very alert and know what's going on, and the last third get a little bit better and accept their new normal, that's me! For that I am forever grateful and I am so thankful to be so blessed. So all in all I am doing fantastic! Thank you so much for asking my friend. I hope this makes sense sometimes it's hard with my words. I apologize if it doesn't. I hope you are having a wonderful weekend and I wish you peace joy and love! 💖
@@GirlMomma I am so glad and happy on your recovery. Actually my dad suffered from his second stroke on 9 sep 2021. His speech/swallowing is totally compromised and is on Ng tube still and is totally bed bound. Keep yourself active and keep on practicing as recovery within years is also highly probable.
@@devilsKrEEd I am so sorry to hear that your dad is unwell. I will keep him in my thoughts and prayers. And you too ️💕 I wish your dad will get well and that he starts feeling better. I will keep on getting better throughout all the years, I promise ✝️ 💜🙏
@@GirlMomma hello, I noticed you said you have a lesion on the pons, do you have MS? I do as well if so and would love to hear your experiences ❤️
Thank you very much for your kindly direction of dysphagia treatment. Very helpful for me .
Difficulty of swallowing troubles eating. My throat heals, my heart as well. Many thanks, again.
this was calming, and very helpful, thank you.
After going over 4 or t hours worth of this type of content, the techniques shown here are not exhaustive but are the most comprehensive an generally useful for a single video on this subject.
My dysphagia is post tonsillectomy with some minor phayrngeoplasty and some undefined complications that are nonetheless serious. Going into day 8 on IV bags for nutrition exclusively. Made some progress in the past couple of days though so I am hopeful to see recovery to normal return to expected outcomes.
How are you now?
I don't know if I struggle with the actual act of swallowing (that much) but swallowing food is hard, I made 3 scrabbled eggs the other day and it took me over an hour to eat them all. My mate did it in 5 min. I have to make the chunks so small in my mouth and chew them for like 2min (even though they're already scrambled) and cover it in saliva, just to swallow. It's crazy.
Bro the same shii is happening to me rn😭
@@makookie_ the same thing is happening to me too. Did you guys tested positive for covid?
Same! I chew chew chew and sometimes I just cannot get myself to swallow it I have to spit it out and the food will literally be liquid? It’s almost like before I had this swallowing issue I’d swallow and food would just slide down no issues, now if I do swallow the food goes down SO slow or just feels stuck in a awkward place. I HATE THIS SO MUCH 🥲
@@mols_x hi my problem was reflux. I was having the sameeee issues you guys are describing and i started to get scary that it would be something more serious. So guys...take reflux medicine.
Same, I'm overthinking about it for hours, everyday. Sometimes I cry
because I'm hungry but always ended up spitting out the food.
Thank you for posting this video. I occasionally choke swallowing water, i am still young, I believe with more exercise I will be able to recover
How are you now?
Lubert Wang how are you?
Same:(
Hi there, I have dysphagia due to an esophageal stricture and acid reflux. I'm mainly on a liquid diet with certain soft foods like yogurt and ice cream. I went several months without eating (only liquids) before I found a doctor that correctly diagnosed my problem. I'm being treated for it now they have to gradually dialate me once a month since my stricture was severe and closer to the top of my esophagus. I'm having a problem learning how to eat and swallow properly because it's been so long since I've eaten solid food. Its been a really difficult journey, I feel like I've completely forgotten how to swallow. Anytime I try to eat anything I feel like it's getting stuck. My question is how often do you suggest I do these exercises? I'd really appreciate your opinion 🙂
Thanks and God bless❤
Dear sis, my father has same problem from past 1 month. I'm very depressed. He doesn't want to go to doc fearing about something. Can you please tell me how long you've been going through this?
@@justiceforasifa9730 I'm so sorry to hear that. I know how difficult and scary it is to not be able to eat normally. I've been experiencing this for a year and a half now. My main problem was that it took me several months to find a doctor that correctly diagnosed my problem. It turns out I have an esophageal stricture, which means that a part of my esophagus becomes so narrow that it's hard to pass any food through, it also makes it very difficult to swallow. Because of that I've been on a liquid diet. It is very important to get your father to a doctor so that they can diagnose and treat him. Not eating for long periods of time is very serious. I ended up in the emergency room from dehydration and complications from malnutrition. My thoughts and prayers are with you.Please update me and let me know how your father is doing.
God bless❤
@@Jesus_is_Lord555
Thanks dear! He skipped lunch from past 15 days almost. What bothers me is that he takes only Lipton tea 3-4 times a day & dinner. Isn't taking tea (continuously) bad for stomach or may be esophagus as well?
@@justiceforasifa9730 Caffeinated drinks are not good for the stomach in my experience. Especially if you have acid reflux. I always get really bad heartburn when I have caffeine. I had to quit drinking coffee, which was not easy. I was told to stay away from caffeine and acidic or spicy foods. I'm not sure what is causing your father's problem but if its stomach related it is best to stay away from caffeine. I hope that helps 😊
@@Jesus_is_Lord555
Yes, dear! Basically, he had a stomach problem. After then, he felt difficulty in swallowing & now sometimes, vomitting as well.
This is great I have a partial paralysis on the right vocal cord and often when waking up or sometimes throughout the day can tell the right side isn’t working and I don’t feel I can swallow. I appreciate the information
Why can't i swallow my saliva unconsciously, back then we always swallow saliva unconsciously...please help
Research Phagophobia
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Back when?
Hey have you’ve figured it out?? What helped you fixed this because this has been happening a lot to me
I have Gastroesophageal Reflux disease. I have heavy scarring in my esophagus and a useless, damaged flap of an epiglottis. The esophageal sphincter shutting combined with swelling and fluid/food going in to my airway and my body constantly trying to digest food in my mouth by sending up bile is really making it next to impossible to eat. I can get surgery to fix it, but it will eventually come right back.
Thank you for this video, I had radition to head and neck and this video helped me. I hope this can help others.
The cat being present awards you like, comment and share! ( the advice is very helpful too, thankyou!)
All of them are extremely useful! Many thanks for sharing the tips!
Last Wednesday i had an pre strock and now i have this dysphasia disorder im getting therapies but i can for now eat like putting,hello,milk,water and doctors are pushing for the use of a hose though the nose to feeding me and i really don’t want that,it has been hard time for me,God help me please to be normal again!
Really helpful. Clear explanation and practical concrete actions to improve swallowing.
Thanks for this and your other videos! This information is very valuable and useful.
This is great. I really appreciate this video.
Thank you, I'm sharing this with my friend who has moderately advanced PD. Hope it helps her improve her swallowing!
Thanks, this video has been really helpful for my Swallowing.
My left Vocal cord is not functional and have been using the side way swallow technique unknowingly.
Thank you, I have a form of Muscular Dystrophy called Myotonic Dystrophy. There are several ways this effects people but swallowing is one. I will try this. :)
i think my problem is neurologically. im going to swallow some barium this friday to see whats going on. i just hope they dont put that camera back down my nose again that was horrible. i cant wait to get rid of my g tube.
how is it going for you? I have to get the barium thing done as well
My predicament of the aforementioned is extremely painful, too. I am forced to try and backwash, or "throw up" to dislodge the food. I am often tearing my throat up from attempting to swallow and blood accompanies my backwash
What is an example of a recommended frequency and number of repetitions for engaging these exercises?
the medulson manuver gives me great relief for the type of dysphagia I have. (its outside osophical scarring from surgery)
so greatful for your informative video!
thanks so much :-)
kim mc That’s great!
Thanks 😊 i have this problem
I hope it helps.
How does a person take pills if he has a swallowing disorder ?
I'm so scared to swallow it because my brain is saying the softgel is gonna choke me to death :(
Thank you so much, since getting Covid I’ve had a really bizarre swallow which doctors don’t seem concerned about but it’s getting worse.
Randomly it’s like my swallow mechanics fail several times a day or if I’m chewing gum I can initiate the mechanical failure several times.
Can you shed any light?
I have got Acid reflux which could be worth noting
The head down tip really helped me
@@samm_0091 did u use for drink water?
This video was so helpful and easy to do and understand.thank you so much
I went to the hospital with these symptoms and they didn't even give me any medication or a diagnosis or anything. Please help I can't eat or drink and losing weight. Why didn't they help me at the hospital?
Its because its not medical. Theres nothing wrong with you its all in your mind. If you think you cant swallow you wont be able to. I have and still am experiencing it. Its like with my breathing its all anxiety. You and i both are fine uts just us overthinking it. You should try relaxing and doing hobbies to take your mind off it. Sorry if this is long . I just wanna help 👍
@@ZukiiBH thank you, luckily I am doing a lot better now but yeah your comment does make sense as I do have health anxiety issues and sometimes phantom symptoms created by my head. Thank you for your help 🌸 I hope you manage to heal
Try research Phagophobia
@@mocampbell2780 nothing comes up when I researched phagophobia
@@sleepymeadow6434 are you better ,I lose weight from anxiety too
Very helpful information.
Very informative video..Mam can we use these exercises for children especially cerebral palsy?? Pls do a video on pediatric swallowing
Hello. I was diagnosed with Pharyngeal dysphagia due to a brain injury, but this swallowing problem it's getting worse the last few months, some days it's so hard to swallow and others I don't have any problems, recently I have the sensation that food its stock in my throat, I try to swallow very hard and drink a lot of water sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't, the sensation can last 1- 2 days and suddenly disappeared, I've noticed white bumps in my throat and doing research on internet i've been able to remove them. I'm impress of what the body can adapt to every circumstance, my point here it's that I have never watched a video of swallowing exercises because it doesn't affect me every day (but when does it's so bad, worse days ) and my body did every exercise you explain here specially the last one! It's it very hard living like this. Thank you for your videos!!
Thank you for posting this video.Its verry informative .
Thank you!
This Pseudodysphagia has been affecting not just me, but my family and they’re really angry at me, it’s not my fault it happened last year, and it made me eat less, and last month, my cousin force fed me with a burger and I choked for 30 seconds before he give me cpr
I wanted to be cured by this goddamn disease and I wanted to eat normal again
How many times would you recommend doing these excercises, like how many sets and times a day would you recommend doing them?
Yes. An excellent question. I’d love to know the answer to that,
it's been really greatfull and helpful exercises...❤️❤️❤️
Does this help with hiatus hernia sliding of length 2cm ? 🇬🇧 I got lumpy feeling in my throat it won’t go
Thank u sir ! It helps me.to teach my mum how to swallow , she has orapharyngeal dysphagia stroke !
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! With regards from Germany
Thank you very much for your kind information.
I have this fear that when i swallow food it will go to the wrong pipe. That's why when the food suddenly slip in my throat i get so nervous and scared. I have this thought in my head since July this year (2022). My swallowing went normal last Thursday, November 24. And the anxiety came to me again when the food i am eating suddenly slip into my throat. I can feel the food slipping down and get stucked. But i can breath just fine. I tried drinking water. My fear is still there 😔
I thought these things has ended already.. it keeps coming back.
11/26/2022 - (SAT) 3:11 PM
Very Helpful, big thank you!
I have a hard time swallowing liquids due to M S. I had little problem with food until recently when I got false teeth and now I'm have real trouble and can not swallow anything with teeth in so I have to eat lots of soft food with no teeth. I feel the muscles tiring so I have to rest. I am hoping your exercises help.. Thank you posting the video.
Hello Barbara
How are you doing today?
Thank you for helping me with this
That wonderful cat with a tipped ear. Precious. Was feral and it’s now obviously socialized.
Thanks for these exercises
I have this monster Multiple sclerosis and i suffer from dysphagia. I hope it helps me . I'll try it...when i swallow food i'm afraid of dying bc of this 😭
Christy CoOl GBU 😢
@@candylove_pr thank you you too
Does multiple sclerosis damage your muscles?
Did it help? I have ms and dysphagia too.
Upright posture is great and I imagine that it would work best when back support is given by a chair or repositioned bed. Simply sitting on the side of a bed with someone with coordination problems could give an eater unnecessary things to think about.
Thank you very much for sharing this video, i am really having a serious swallowing problem ..especially with pills , some (several) times it comes up to Choking .. and Losing the ability to breathe .. I am so worried about this thing .. even though.. i am trying not to be frightened by it 😔
Hello,
That is too bad. It is quite stressful and scary. I would suggest seeing your doctor and asking for a recommendation for a speech language pathologist, they may even suggest a neurologist.
Thanks,
Sierra
I am going through the same thing. My life has become so difficult with this difficulty to swallow pills. I am so clueless I don’t know what to do. Can’t get sick because can’t swallow medicine.
dhfhfgcdchg same I'm 14 and I have a hard time swallowing pills I recently kinda choked on a pill it felt like it was stuck in my throat and I hated that feeling, now I have a really hard time swallowing food because I don't want to choke or I don't like the sensation of having something stuck on your throat. I've always had this problem since I was little because I have a phobia of choking I would freak out so badly if I was constantly thinking about swallowing saliva and then not being able to. I really hate this problem whenever I eAt i always think about if I'm going to choke. I'm scared that I have some kind of disease in my throat and it's not anxiety 🙁
@@iamdissapointed6810 hey I had a pill get stuck in my throat, has there been any improvement? I went to the doctor and had an emergency endoscopy but only found H.Pylori and said it was anxiety. I haven’t been able to eat and have a hard time swallowing for almost 3 months now
@@Kavvannah hey it was actually just my anxiety and ive gotten better but i still can't swallow pills tho.
Hello thank you for the tips. I havr this problem for almost 2 years , in the beginning i couldn t swallow almost nothing only liquids. After 6 months till now i can swallow better but it was never like in the beginning. I went to doctors and they said that I have nothing?? How is this possible, maybe of stress drugs i dont know?😰😰😰
How I understand you :(
I have had several endoscopys now and every time the results (even with biopsies) come back negative. I can swallow but often food gets stuck. I think there are many factors I need to look into however, factors the doctors can't seem to point out. Doctors I find seem very good at writing prescriptions for different drugs I should take but I wonder if there is a link for me with things like lack of sleep, fasting, not drinking throughout the day, how strenuous exercises impact my swallowing, my T-levels, etc. Something is obviously triggering it, I can go weeks with not a single episode and then other times I have the choking sensation several times a day. Maybe I need to invest in a swallowing habit diary as well as my own health observations.
I went to the dr after a car accident because of multiple complications with basic functions, this was one of them. Didn't even try to listen to my symptoms. Focused on the fact that I had memory issues (duh concussion) BUT told me it was depression?? And that I should get a prescription like Wtf ? I'm sick of the doctors where I live because they always say it's something unrelated until you really start to suffer and bother them to do testing. I'm not the only person Who's had this happen either. They say everything is nothing at this point cuz they just want you to pay big pharma. bs. TH-cam has better solutions at this point 😂
@@sammylpt9076 did u find any solution?
Hi I'm a 18 year old male I'm suffering from swallowing difficulties . It's been 1 year now and I still have some difficulties back when it started it was like brain was not coordinating the swallow and it had gone worse over the period of like a month it had happened back then that I had a time that I was completely not able to swallow food not even solidified liquids after that I saw many doctors from a normal physician to ent to neurologist but nothing helped everything was to be seen normal in reports after that I found a ayurvedic treatment centre after which it started a improve but till date now also I'm not able to swallow properly and I hear some clicking sound when I swallow and requires water to clear the throat to every bite I take . What should I do?
i'm also 18 and i have the same problem like u. i have gone to many doctors and got some tests too but every report is normal but still i can't swallow any solids easily. i feel like my muscles donot work and my throat is just closing and its been a year. sometimes it get worse and worse. im really tired of it
@@fawad4348 did it get any better?
This is a great video. Thank you! How after should these exercises be done? And how long until we see results? Thank you so much!
sometime or when I am nervous I swallow air and it is noisy...how do I control?
Hi,
I am not exactly sure what it going on. Sometimes, when esophagus is not functioning well, it can make people burp.
Thanks
Sierra
@@SierraSpeech !?!?!?!? That didn't even address the question.
This has been happening to me from last night, it is very anxiety inducing
This is really useful Thank you
Thank you, it is very helpful
extremely dry mouth and too much excessive saliva is extremely hard to swallow. My swallowing muscles goes on and off and I want to swallow normally like I used to than what I'm doing now is chewing like a chew toy on my sleeves, collar, nails, and another bite when food is really stuck in my throat for a long time.
Why do your swallow muscles go on and off if you don't mine me asking? I never had a problem swallowing in my life and then one night about two weeks ago I was having dinner and I started to notice difficulty swallowing. It felt like small particles of food were stuck in the back of my throat, and then I would have to swallow 2 or 3 times for the food to go down and ever since it's been a problem..
It keeps getting stuck in my throat and esophagus because of the tightness. All the swallowing methods I used never last me long. My muscles aren't strong they're very weak and fatigue. I'm getting my 2 surgery and I can go back to normal.
@@sophii8674 Thanks for sharing.. Good luck!
@@QueensNativeNYC Thank you 💜
@@sophii8674 what kind of surgery did u have?
I just realized my son does not have uvula!!! He's been to hundreds of doctors and not one has ever told me this!! This could explain some of his speech and swallowing issues. My question: Can he swallow without a uvula? What muscles are involved with swallowing and what won't he be able to do??
Does he have nasal regurgitation
Hello I'm 25 years old having problems swallowing and everytime I swallow my throat up why does it pop up
Thank you so much I hope this will help me as I have been having trouble swallowing and breathing I’m not sure if it is anxiety but if it improves I’m sure that it was
thank you!
My mum have swallowing disorder hope she can practice and eating well
I have a question, Im pretty new to dysphagia general speaking. Only had it about 7 months now. So i mean its been a while but in comparison to most its not been all that long. I Actually was suggested the mendleson maneuver. In all honesty this one helped me a lot when i saw my slp the other week for the first time. In all honesty it has helped me a ton with not feeling like im getting any of my liquified food and drinks going down my windpipe any more. I'm curious though, will it become second nature to do this eventually? I was also told to hold for at least 3 seconds but the best i can do is 2, but it works out for me regardless. Granted it doesnt work 100% of the time but it definitely helps. I'm just a bit annoyed i seem to have to hold my finger to my throat every time I do it to get it to work so i was wondering if eventually i'll just be able to swallow this way with out needing the assistance of my finger lol
Has your condition improved?
Super helpful❤
I have Trigeminal Neuralgia and it's miserable. Went to the Gi Dr and they told me that I have a small Hiatial Hernia and Gerd Acid Reflex Disease. Mild Esphogatis. Went to a Neurologist and they did MRI didn't find anything. It was Normal. Now they Sending me to ENT. Hopefully I can get some relief because it's a nightmare.
Hy.does this happen due to thyroid ??Thanks for this video.
Hi , Thank you for your content!! do you know if the shaker exercise allow to relax the upper sphincter ? or does it just help it to open it ? because mine contract too much when I swallow..
This helped alot. Thanks alot!!
I was told the Mosako was a “tongue thrust” or “immature swallow” so now I’m really confused.
wow .its really helps.thank you.
Sometimes the food slides down and the swallow reflex doesn’t kick in and then i cough
The food up :((
Thank You.
Hello Dear
How are you doing today?
I love the cat sounds demanding attention... 😂
If you can't burp there's a subreddit called 'no-burp' where you can learn a lot about it. It's called R-CPD and it's a lower esophagus sphincter disfunction