Guest Breathless Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Hi guys, Anyone here has similar experiences of being choked, once in a blue moon, for no reason. It happened to me sometime at night when I lied down or sleep. Two months ago while travelling in MRT, I was choked again by my own saliva. Few days ago being choked again while typing. Could it be I was holding on to my saliva and not swallowing them when I was busy and than suddenly it forced itself down my throat and start choking me. I know I do not have ashma, but the choke was terrifying, practically gasping for my breath and the more I tried to struggle, the breathing track narrowed and tightened. What I did was to end up visualizing myself in meditation mode...and tried to relax to allow my breathing track loosen so that I can slowly breath in the air.Any doctor know what remedy or was it a common things to most people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Choking on your own saliva happens to the best of us. It can get quite comical at times...However, I suffer from the sleeping experience you have as well. It is called "sleep cessation", if I am not wrong. When we sleep, our bodily functions take a rest as well menaing your heart beat rate slows, you BP lowers, breathing also slows. For our case, the breathing rate lowers to a point where there isn't enough oxygen intake. What happens next can be quite frightening when your mind suddenly springs wide awake (survival instinct to breathe oxygen) but the rest of your body is still technically in sleep mode. You struggle to breath but your lungs don't cooperate because it is still sleeping. It takes a few agonising seconds for the lungs to come back to life and meanwhile, you are sitting upright trying with all your might to suck in as much air as you can. Sounds about right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Choking on your own saliva happens to the best of us. It can get quite comical at times...However, I suffer from the sleeping experience you have as well. It is called "sleep cessation", if I am not wrong. When we sleep, our bodily functions take a rest as well menaing your heart beat rate slows, you BP lowers, breathing also slows. For our case, the breathing rate lowers to a point where there isn't enough oxygen intake. What happens next can be quite frightening when your mind suddenly springs wide awake get a oxygen mask similar like the one michael jackson use beside yr bed lar. is alvailable in the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breathless Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 . What happens next can be quite frightening when your mind suddenly springs wide awake (survival instinct to breathe oxygen) but the rest of your body is still technically in sleep mode. You struggle to breath but your lungs don't cooperate because it is still sleeping. It takes a few agonising seconds for the lungs to come back to life and meanwhile, you are sitting upright trying with all your might to suck in as much air as you can. Sounds about right? Almost there but how do you explain while you are awake and typing or taking a ride home and still get choked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 recently i am feeling breathless. no cough, no pleghm, no chest pain.it happens when im focusing on my breathing then i will induce tot i cannot breathe.however when im in a lively conversation, concentrating on work or resting, i dont feel that.is it due to anxiety disorder? checked xray but doc found nothing wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfireboy Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 When I first saw the Header, I thought this topic is about s**king a huge c**k and got choked...me noti noti ...hehe...sorry folks. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 Hi guys, Anyone here has similar experiences of being choked, once in a blue moon, for no reason. It happened to me sometime at night when I lied down or sleep. Two months ago while travelling in MRT, I was choked again by my own saliva. Few days ago being choked again while typing. Could it be I was holding on to my saliva and not swallowing them when I was busy and than suddenly it forced itself down my throat and start choking me. I know I do not have ashma, but the choke was terrifying, practically gasping for my breath and the more I tried to struggle, the breathing track narrowed and tightened. What I did was to end up visualizing myself in meditation mode...and tried to relax to allow my breathing track loosen so that I can slowly breath in the air.Any doctor know what remedy or was it a common things to most people?yup i believe that if it is indeed 'once in a blue moon' then it should be ok. Sometimes the throat muscles may contract eccentrically and hence we choke on our own saliva. Then we'll try to cough it out violently (some tears might flow) to prevent it from entering our lungs. I dont think you'll be 'holding on to your saliva' unless you deliberately want to accumulate them in your mouth. Cos our body naturally swallows saliva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 is it the symptom of stroke ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FattChoy88 Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 Get your bf to suck out ur tongue lar...Choking on your own saliva happens to the best of us. It can get quite comical at times...However, I suffer from the sleeping experience you have as well. It is called "sleep cessation", if I am not wrong. When we sleep, our bodily functions take a rest as well menaing your heart beat rate slows, you BP lowers, breathing also slows. For our case, the breathing rate lowers to a point where there isn't enough oxygen intake. What happens next can be quite frightening when your mind suddenly springs wide awake (survival instinct to breathe oxygen) but the rest of your body is still technically in sleep mode. You struggle to breath but your lungs don't cooperate because it is still sleeping. It takes a few agonising seconds for the lungs to come back to life and meanwhile, you are sitting upright trying with all your might to suck in as much air as you can. Sounds about right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iz_ariays Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 You struggle to breath but your lungs don't cooperate because it is still sleeping. It takes a few agonising seconds for the lungs to come back to life and meanwhile, you are sitting upright trying with all your might to suck in as much air as you can. Sounds about right? Oh my.. this sounds pretty scary.. i've never had an experience like that before, it would suck real bad if it does happen. figuratively speaking lol.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cock brand Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 Hi guys, Anyone here has similar experiences of being choked, once in a blue moon, for no reason. It happened to me sometime at night when I lied down or sleep. Two months ago while travelling in MRT, I was choked again by my own saliva. Few days ago being choked again while typing. Could it be I was holding on to my saliva and not swallowing them when I was busy and than suddenly it forced itself down my throat and start choking me. I know I do not have ashma, but the choke was terrifying, practically gasping for my breath and the more I tried to struggle, the breathing track narrowed and tightened. What I did was to end up visualizing myself in meditation mode...and tried to relax to allow my breathing track loosen so that I can slowly breath in the air.Any doctor know what remedy or was it a common things to most people?You see, all of us can swallow food and breath through the mouth.Why is it that food will go to the stomach and air will go to the lungs?Because there is a cartilage valve in our throat known as the epiglottis. It covers the windpipe when you swallow so keeping food and liquid from going down the wrong pipe.But sometimes for some unknown reason, this cartilage did not function properly, food get into the windpipe, we choke.In your case, the saliva went down the windpipe instead of the esophagus.If the amount of liquid is large, the choke is more severe.It our body's natural reflex action to get rid of the liquid from the lungs.If this happens once a while, don't need to be alarmed.But if it is occuring frequently, you better go and see a ENT specialist.Take care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cock brand Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Furthur to what I mentioned earlier, I have attached a diagram here showing how the epiglottis work.You can see the green passage for food and the red passage for air.Once food travel down the throat, you can see the epiglottis closing the windpipe, preventing the food from getting into the lungs.So, monitor yourself and to see if choking happens to often.It can be serious because if tiny food particles enter and lodge in lungs, it can cause inflammation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oralb Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 it could also be tonsil related, the tonsils collapsed when you were sleeping, hence blocking the airway and collecting the saliva.Do you constantly have sore throat?Do you snore when sleeping? When I Think It, I Do It, I Win It! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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