Re: Does this sound like inhalation?

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Sally

So sorry to hear about your son. I use to cough like that when i would regergitate in my sleep. It would wake me up so bad that it was hard to go back to sleep after an attack. Its hard to say,,,, since we are all different in our syptoms, I would watch him though, I got bronchitis a lot because of inhaling stuff.

in Indianasallyavory <sallyavory@...> wrote:

Hi I posted here a few weeks ago re my son Stefan (age 14, had Heller's in July) He scared us last night when he had a kind of coughing attack, with loud honking noises, and said he couldn't get a breath. He had Asthma as a baby, but no problems for years, so I gave him a puffer, and he sat upright until eventually the coughing stopped and he went back to bed ok. He said it happened at school too. His Achalasia so far has been comparitively mild compared to what I read on this forum, never regurgitated, but he does have to fight to keep food from coming up.We are fairly sure that the Heller's did not work very well for him as his symptoms have not improved (probably slightly worse) his Barium last week showed poor motility and still a narrowing of the esophagus. He's scheduled for a follow up next Tuesday. My worry -should I get

hem checked sooner in case food is going in his lungs, or do we hang on till Tuesday? (posted Wednesday morning)Worried Mum (Sally)

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I used to cough too. it was always worse at night and in the morning.

sometimes walking would help. I used to have hard candies too, but

they stoped working after a while. I found it was the food coming up.

I used to wind up vomiting in my sleep, it wouldn't even wake me up.

I was alway worried about coking on my vomit at night. I would let

the dr know and let them make the call if he should be seen sooner.

Hope he feels better

> Hi I posted here a few weeks ago re my son Stefan (age 14, had

> Heller's in July) He scared us last night when he had a kind of

> coughing attack, with loud honking noises, and said he couldn't get

> a breath. He had Asthma as a baby, but no problems for years, so I

> gave him a puffer, and he sat upright until eventually the coughing

> stopped and he went back to bed ok. He said it happened at school

> too. His Achalasia so far has been comparitively mild compared to

> what I read on this forum, never regurgitated, but he does have to

> fight to keep food from coming up.

> We are fairly sure that the Heller's did not work very well for him

> as his symptoms have not improved (probably slightly worse) his

> Barium last week showed poor motility and still a narrowing of the

> esophagus. He's scheduled for a follow up next Tuesday. My worry -

> should I get hem checked sooner in case food is going in his lungs,

> or do we hang on till Tuesday?

> (posted Wednesday morning)

> Worried Mum (Sally)

>

>

>

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Sally wrote:

>... last night when he had a kind of

>coughing attack,...He had Asthma as a baby,

>... He said it happened at school too.

At school, was it while eating or laying down? Some of us have a tendency

to get bits of food down the wrong pipe while eating. Most of the time

inhalation is going to happen while eating or sleeping. It is also possible

that food stuck in the oesophagus can make the airways more sensitive and

prone to an asthma attack, just by the fumes it produces. It has been found

that people that develop reflux disease (GORG/GERD) sometimes develop

asthma with it, or it makes the asthma they already have worse. When the

reflux is stopped the asthma is eliminated or reduced. Not quite the same

thing as what happens in achalasia, but close enough to be related.

It maybe that inhalation is triggering a bronchoconstriction. Some people

here have said that food in their esophagus puts pressure on their windpipe

which makes it constricted.

Having a choking attack with coughing is not pleasant, and can be scarry

for the people watching, but for me I know it will pass. I just try to be

careful to prevent it, and not worry about it. Does it scare your son, or

is it just unpleasant for him? If your son is not afraid, that could be a

good indication that it looks and sounds a lot worse than it is. If he is

afraid then I would be trying to get it diagnosed and treated as soon as

possible.

This has not come up in a long time, but some of the achalasians here have

worked out a sign with their families so that they can let them know when

something is wrong and they need help. If the sign is not given then

everyone should just relax and feel free to go about things as before.

Mostly this is a way of comforting the family and is hardly ever used to

get help.

notan

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Hi Sally,

I do feel for you ! One does tend to worry about these things and rightly so. Could your home doctor (general practitioner) no check him out by just listening to his chest with his stethoscope?

He may have coughed out the chunk of food that he aspirated by now and there may not be any problem. All the repeated little aspirations may cause an accumulation in his lungs and he may get aspiration pneumonia, but he may not.

If he does not have a fever there may not be an immediate urgency, but you will feel better if someone just listens to his chest to see if there is something still in there.

Hugs.

Joan

Does this sound like inhalation?

Hi I posted here a few weeks ago re my son Stefan (age 14, had Heller's in July) He scared us last night when he had a kind of coughing attack, with loud honking noises, and said he couldn't get a breath. He had Asthma as a baby, but no problems for years, so I gave him a puffer, and he sat upright until eventually the coughing stopped and he went back to bed ok. He said it happened at school too. His Achalasia so far has been comparitively mild compared to what I read on this forum, never regurgitated, but he does have to fight to keep food from coming up.We are fairly sure that the Heller's did not work very well for him as his symptoms have not improved (probably slightly worse) his Barium last week showed poor motility and still a narrowing of the esophagus. He's scheduled for a follow up next Tuesday. My worry -should I get hem checked sooner in case food is going in his lungs, or do we hang on till Tuesday? (posted Wednesday morning)Worried Mum (Sally)