What is actually happening when you drink something and it get’s “caught” in your chest/throat and it’s really painful?
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This is no help, but one of my most painful experiences was taking a too big slug of Diet Coke from the bottle and effectively pouring it down my throat – skipping swallowing. When the flow exceeded the capacity to pass through my esophagus it began to fill up, just like pouring it into a glass. And like pouring into a glass, the carbonation was released. It was like someone dropped Mentos down my throat. The foam was shooting out my mouth and nose, and the pressure and bubbles from the released carbonation was excruciating, literally bringing me to my knees, taking about 20 or 30 seconds to subside.
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