No, I cannot administer Heimlich maneuver to self. I do have that problem where throat closes up while I'm eating & I freak out. Often due to "bad bite" of food-for instance, meat with a piece that doesn't chew up but instead is rubbery or hard. I freeze & my stomach lurches, takes several (seems very long !) seconds to unclench jaw & pry open my own mouth.
Have learned (from reading, and my experiences doesn't contradict this) that slightly lowering one's head-with chin pointed down, rather than tipping head back, helps food go down. I almost never throw up (haven't in the past 7 yrs. or so-and before that it was only from being drunk or being "legitimately" ill/sick), I just frequently feel like I'm going to.
I love thick pastries, such as cofee cakes & brownies-but they tend to get stuck in my throat. Then I can't breathe for a few seconds, so I just have to sit & wait for the food to slide down-I get scared, but refuse to give up eating those yummy items. Pills are quite tough to swallow-they land on my tonsils or linger in my throat. Assuming pill is small enough, I put it in a spoonful of yogurt & am able to take it that way.
Have major food/eating issues, sensory stuff-but not so serious that I need medical intervention. I don't have significant reflux problems, thankfully-when I've heartburn, I chew a cherry Rolaids & then am fine. As child, had heartburn (or painful, nauseating hunger pangs) many mornings-but never knew what those sensations were, so I just had to silently suffer.
My uncle has CP (and related swallowing, acid reflux, and ulcer problems) and I've many traumatic memories of him throwing up at dinner table, it's not nice for me to say this but it's true-vomitting totally grosses me out, regardless of who is doing it (and despite knowing it's involuntary physical reaction, not his fault).
Believe one type of swallowing problem is called achalasia-(random tidbit I recall researching).
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