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What Causes Choking In Sleep?

my 6 week old woke up choking and not able to catch her breath she appeared to be choking on a bubbly slimy clear like saliva i suctioned what i could out and patted her back till she was able to breath better. this has happned once before she gets red and her eyes get really watery
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Hi..sometimes kids with a retracted lower jaw (retrognathia) can have this problem. The other possibility though remote which I could think of is that it could have been a seizure. I suggest you take her to her pediatrician and get her examined to rule out these possibilities.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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What Causes Choking In Sleep?

Hi..sometimes kids with a retracted lower jaw (retrognathia) can have this problem. The other possibility though remote which I could think of is that it could have been a seizure. I suggest you take her to her pediatrician and get her examined to rule out these possibilities. Regards - Dr. Sumanth