Everyone can get goosebumps while eating at least once. However, if such incidents occur frequently, you must be vigilant and deal with them. This is because it can lead to serious problems such as aspiration pneumonia if left untreated. We learned more about the disease that causes sare and the aspiration pneumonia that can result from it with a specialist in haidaq.
If you constantly hear it, you should be careful not to develop aspiration pneumoniaㅣSource: Getty Image Bank
Q. What is the reason you hear it?
Sarea refers to a condition that occurs when food, drink, saliva, etc. that should enter the esophagus pass into the airway. Normally, when swallowing food, the airway closes and the esophagus opens to control the airway so that it does not pass into the airway, but when this control is weakened, problems arise.
– Prof. Seo Ki-hyeon, counselor at the Department of Pulmonary Medicine at Haidak (Cheonan Hospital affiliated with Soonchunhyang University)
Q. Sare is too frequent. Any reason?
Sarre occurs in patients with advanced age, brain damage, nerve damage, and patients who have been lying down for a long time. In particular, it often occurs in people who have paralysis in the occipital region, and in this case, there are many cases of patients who have suffered a cerebral infarction. Normal people may also hear aspiration in 50% of their sleep, but it does not cause a problem because it is controlled by coughing even while sleeping. Cigarettes, coffee, reflux esophagitis, etc. are all risk factors for hearing aspiration. In addition, postnasal drip syndrome is severe and can occur when sore throat often occurs. It is good to refrain from smoking, coffee, and alcohol and to control reflux esophagitis well. Habits of eating or drinking in haste should also be controlled.
– Prof. Seo Ki-hyeon, counselor at the Department of Pulmonary Medicine at Haidak (Cheonan Hospital affiliated with Soonchunhyang University)
Q. Does it cause pneumonia?
The laryngeal flap is responsible for preventing airway aspiration from food regardless of the person’s will. If the function of this laryngeal flap is compromised, even drinking water can cause a sore throat. If these cases are repeated and the lungs become inflamed, aspiration pneumonia may develop. Symptoms such as cough, heavy phlegm, and fever may occur.
– Haidak Otolaryngology Counseling Doctor, Manager Ryu Nam-gyu (Cheongju St. Mary’s Hospital)
Q. I am taking antibiotics for aspiration pneumonia, but the treatment is not working. Why?
In fact, it is known that aspiration pneumonia is less treatable than bacterial or viral pneumonia. Aspiration pneumonia occurs in patients with cerebral infarction or who have lost a lot of sensation in the neck. In such cases, the amount of foreign substances passing into the airway is constantly large, so antibiotics do not heal well.
– Haidak Otolaryngology Counseling Doctor Hyukki Choi (Jian Otolaryngology Clinic)
Q. My lungs continue to hurt after vomiting. Can vomiting cause pneumonia?
Aspiration pneumonia can also occur if food is aspirated into the airways during vomiting. In fact, requiring fasting during sleep anesthesia is because problems such as aspiration pneumonia or dyspnea may occur if vomit passes into the respiratory tract while unconscious. If vomiting is accompanied by chest pain, cough, phlegm, or fever, chest imaging is indicated.
– Haidak Internal Medicine Counseling Doctor Jin Seong-lim (Goun Breath Internal Medicine Clinic)
* This article has been reconstructed from a Haidak expert’s answer.
Help = Prof. Seo Ki-hyeon, a counseling doctor at Haidak (Pulmonology specialist at Cheonan Hospital affiliated with Soonchunhyang University), Manager Nam-gyu Ryu (a specialist in ENT at Cheongju St. Mary’s Hospital), Hyuk-ki Choi (a specialist in otolaryngology at Jian Otolaryngology Clinic), Director Seong-lim Jin (internal medicine specialist at Goun Breath Internal Medicine Clinic), counseling doctor at Haidak
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2023-07-21 12:00:00
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