Is Pain In The Chest Long After Choking On Water A Concern?

Posted on Thu, 26 Jul 2018

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Question : i was drinking water and laughing and water went down the wrong pipe and i started to choke and couldn't breath for maybe 15-20 seconds i felt like i was going to die after that my back was hurting when i slouched ut not standing up straight and now 24 hours later i have slight pain in my chest and upper back not sure if im just freaking out or i is something serious

Answered by Dr. Ramesh Kumar (24 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
X-ray chest.

Detailed Answer:

Hello,

I would suggest you to go for X-ray of chest to see if there is any congestion or infection developing in chest. If chest X-ray is normal take any anti inflammatory like ibuprofen for 2 days as the inflammation of trachea would settle down pain will go away. Only essential thing is to rule out congestion in wind pipe and for that X-ray is to be done.

Thanks!

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