Has it ever happened to you when you took some water to have the pill, but it got stuck?
Yikes!!!
That’s the worst feeling.
You can literally feel something stuck in your throat, your voice will choke, you won’t be able to breathe, and on top of that, you will taste the bitter flavor of the pill that you wanted to avoid all along.
What to do in these circumstances?
Well, we are here to help you.
Keep scrolling down this article, and we will help you figure out what to do when you have pills stuck in your throat.
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How To Get The Pill Out Of Your Throat?
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Alas! Now everybody will use it, and you may require some further convincing to use this lubricant.
So, let’s find out the tricks to get the pill off of your throat.
1: Stay Hydrated
They say ‘Water is Life,’ and no incident can prove it’s worth more than this one.
When you have a pill stuck in your throat, you may not be able to speak, and you may have breathing problems.
Hence, drinking enough water can help you get moisturized and stay hydrated in such situations. You can just leave the pill where it is and keep on drinking water.
Once your throat gets slippery enough, it will slide the pill down into your body.
2: Start Coughing
Yes, coughing actually works when it comes to ingesting pills and pulling them out of your throats.
If you feel there’s a pill stuck in your throat, try your best coughing, and it will soon revert from the place where it got stuck.
This suggestion is only recommended if the stuck pill has not gotten much severe, and by severe we mean if you don’t feel any breathing or choked voice problems, you could try coughing.
The pill will likely come out of your mouth and fall on the floor for you to have a look at that little foe.
3: Drink Water While Laying Down
We know that we have already talked about the importance of hydration in dislodging the pill from the place where it got stuck.
But, there’s a technique to drink water the right way.
You could simply lay down flat and have little gulps of water that will push the medicine into your stomach.
If you drink water while lying down, you get enough space for your throat muscles to relax. Then, just take enough water inside so that your throat can find a surface to move the pill down.
4: Perform Heimlich Maneuver Technique
In this technique, you can remove any foreign object from your throat that is stuck, and pills are one of them.
Make a fist and place it on your stomach. Now, grab that wrist with your other hand, and put it over your belly button.
Bend over on a wooden surface like a table or a chair. Push your fist up and down your stomach so that the force can reach your throat, and the pill is pushed from your throat into your body.
5: Leave It As It Is
If the pill that got stuck in your throat is not causing you much trouble, you can just leave it as it is.
No, we don’t mean that the pill will be a part of your body and will make your throat its home.
We mean that the pill will soon dissolve into your throat’s liquid surface and will disappear before you know it.
Yes, you will have a bitter feeling in your throat for much longer, and it will also burn your throat’s lining, and increase inflammation.
But, if you are too afraid to try out the other tips mentioned above, this is the only way to take care of the situation.
Understood?
We hope you have understood by now that when a pill gets stuck in your throat, you don’t have to panic or call 911 because you can follow some tricks, and the pill will go away on its own.
So, if you need more information on these techniques or need more scientific proof to back these claims up, you can let us know in the comment section.
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