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Suggest Treatment After Choking Upon A Tablet
Hi there, I am currently taking amoxicillin for and ear infection, I usually have to chew my tablets and then swallow. I chewed the tablet and was in a rush to swallow and didn t realize that not all of it had gotten crushed in my mom, and I feel that it had gone down the wrong pipe as I cough it out abit for a minute or two
Mon, 30 Apr 2018
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I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
Food always passes down along the food pipe. If it enters the air passage by mistake, it causes a lot of cough reflex.
Tablet can cause some erosion in the mucosa. If you still have any pain, then you should get yourself examined by an ENT specialist.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Priyanka Aggarwal
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
Food always passes down along the food pipe. If it enters the air passage by mistake, it causes a lot of cough reflex.
Tablet can cause some erosion in the mucosa. If you still have any pain, then you should get yourself examined by an ENT specialist.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Priyanka Aggarwal
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