I have a chip stuck in my throat?

Question

Last night I was eating doritos and I think I may have inhaled a peice, I've tried everything to get it to disolve and I even tried sleeping to wait it out, I vomited a couple of times because it's making me ill, this afternoon I can still feel it back there, moving around, I can't even see anything but i sure can feel it. What should I do?

Answer 1

It may be possible you have a stricture on your esophagus that flairs outward that can hold food when you swallow. The stricture is actually a lumen or thin layer of the inside wall of the esophagus. About every 5 years, my stricture flairs and I must have the Gastroenterologist use an endoscope to look inside my esophagus and stomach. For me, I also have a slight bend in my esophagus wall inside my throat, and if I eat too fast or swallow a bite of food too large, the piece of food is slowed by the bend and lasts about 15 minutes. I fear each time this occurrence happens that I will choke. I learn the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge food stalled in your esophagus. I hate to thrust my fists into my diaphragm several times to force the food-bite to move into my stomach. The name of the procedure is called Upper Endoscopy.



If you are not easily choked, some people report that chewing and swallowing a large piece of bread or banana may rub against the lodged piece of food so it drops into your stomach.



Only a trained gastroenterologist has the equipment, and endoscope to look inside your esophagus and stomach .If you cannot dislodge the chip, your regular doctor must refer you to a gastroenterologist. The problem is that gastroenterologists are in great demand and an appointment can take 1-2 months.



The epiglottis is a piece of tissue that closes over the windpipe when eating and drinking. It is possible the shape of the chip might have lodged near the epiglottis or opening into the windpipe and you feel the pressure of the chip.



Good Luck.



Harrald

Answer 2

Doritos are a bit sharp so I think that it might have made a small cut in your throat and that's why you feel ill. Go to your doctor and let him/her get a look at it. Don't worry it'll go away. Hope this helps.