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Retching (also known as dry heaving) is the reverse movement (retroperistalsis) of the stomach and esophagus without vomiting. [1] It can be caused by bad smells or choking, or by withdrawal from certain medications, or after vomiting has completed.
Some population groups have a higher risk of choking, such as the elderly, persons with disabilities (physically or mentally), people under the effects of alcohol or drugs, people who have taken medications that reduce the ability to salivate or react, patients with difficulties in swallowing , suicidal individuals, people with epilepsy, and ...
Foreign body aspiration occurs when a foreign body enters the airway which can cause difficulty breathing or choking. [1] Objects may reach the respiratory tract and the digestive tract from the mouth and nose, but when an object enters the respiratory tract it is termed aspiration.
Video from a Ring doorbell camera has captured the moment a neighbor saved a 7-year-old from choking in Illinois. In the video, a woman carrying her 7-year-old son named Sebastian walks up to the ...
Sununu to the rescunu! New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu performed the Heimlich maneuver on a choking contestant at a lobster roll-eating competition this weekend — and the man impressively went ...
The act of swallowing becomes mentally linked with choking or with reduced capacity of the opening of the throat. Pseudodysphagia has a tendency to evolve progressively, as the patient becomes more and more preoccupied with the idea that swallowing will lead to choking, until this anxiety becomes a constant sensation whenever food is being ...
Body-camera and dashcam video released this week by the Mansfield Police Department shows an officer give life-saving aid to a woman who was choking behind the wheel on Interstate 20 in North Texas.
While a death rattle is a strong indication that someone is near death, [2] it can also be produced by other problems that cause interference with the swallowing reflex, such as brain injuries. [ 3 ] It is sometimes misinterpreted as the sound of the person choking to death or gargling .