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Suggest Remedy For Food Chocking In An Elderly Persom
My 77yr old mother appeared to have food go down the wrong pipe. She chocked then begin to get sick with like mucus states it hurts to swallow. Tryed drinking and it goes down to mid chest and comes back up its been 2 and 1/2 hrs she has health problems and extreme stress right now should I take her to emergency even though she is refusing
Sat, 17 Jan 2015
yes take mother to emergency department. because even partial chocking can lead to spasm of wind pipe and converted in full chocking.and in this old age even small amount of food can cause lung infection.
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