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  2. Choking - Wikipedia

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    Foods that are small, round, or hard pose a high risk of choking. Examples include hard candy, chunks of cheese or hot dogs, nuts, grapes, marshmallows, and popcorn. [17] Among children, the most common causes of choking are food, coins, toys, and balloons. [17]

  3. Pseudodysphagia - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder - Wikipedia

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    Avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder is not simple "picky eating" commonly seen in toddlers and young children, which usually resolves on its own. [2] In ARFID, the behaviors are so severe that they lead to nutritional deficiencies, poor weight gain (or significant weight loss), and/or significant interference with "psychosocial functioning."

  5. Little-known eating disorder nearly starved a 9-year-old: 'It ...

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    The disorder is marked by intense fear and anxiety about food and its specific qualities – like smell, taste and texture – or the consequences of eating, such as choking.

  6. Beware Of These Foods That Are Child Choking Hazards - AOL

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    A recent study published in the journal Pediatrics reveals that more than 12,000 children end up in the emergency room every year for choking on food and 60 percent of cases involve children ages ...

  7. ‘Fussy eating’ disorder linked to differences in brain ...

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    The condition, which was officially classified as a disorder in 2013, is characterised by a person avoiding certain foods or types of food or restricting how much they eat, to the extent they ...

  8. Dysphagia - Wikipedia

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    Some signs and symptoms of oropharyngeal dysphagia include difficulty controlling food in the mouth, inability to control food or saliva in the mouth, difficulty initiating a swallow, coughing, choking, frequent pneumonia, unexplained weight loss, gurgly or wet voice after swallowing, nasal regurgitation, and patient complaint of swallowing ...

  9. Video shows amazing moment choking boy saved by Illinois ...

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    Gary Hutchinson, of Shorewood, Illinois, saved a choking 7-year-old named Sebastian, who suffers from a rare genetic condition affecting his eating.