choking

Hi, I am new here although I have been reading some forums for a couple of weeks. Just wanted to get your opinion on my symptoms: Started with a chills sensation that lasted three days along with pins and needles on my head in May but stopped after that. This followed with some hard headaches...

So my dad is having what he call's choking fits once per day. As he describes it, the phlegm blocks passage to lungs at the voicebox. The phlegm is very thick. He uses muscinex as well as atropoline for the secretions. He is also using the cough assist but the choking is progressing and...

I use thickened liquids by mouth and my tube for most of my liquids, but there are some that I enjoy thin and still indulge in, like a daily cup of tea or coffee. Plus there is always saliva in my mouth, and sometimes I choke pretty hard on my own saliva. Today I had a bad aspiration/choking...

My PALS was diagnosed in May with ALS and FTD. Our family I had just been trying to digest the news. We’ve known something was wrong since the beginning of last year. The FTD started first and he didn’t get any physical symptoms until around Christmas when he started choking on liquids every...

First of all I can't believe I'm doing this. I am so sorry if this is disrespectful. I just feel so alone and scared. The past few weeks have been a nightmare. First I felt terrible, I will admit I am under huge amount of stress. But it all cummulatrd one night when I had a extremely painful...

Hello I am 25 and lost my uncle to als last year he passed away at 50 years of age with als the same with his mother and his grandmother as well all with als. We have just found out it is in our family 100%. I am now worried although i know it mostly strikes at an older age i am having trouble...

Hello all, I have never posted here, but certainly have used the forums for getting advice for everything! I appreciate everyone here who takes the time to help those with ALS and us CALS. My husband was diagnosed in Nov. 2013. Limb onset at 48 years old. He's done pretty well for someone...

losing neck strength and tried a soft neck brace. My head still fell forward and the brace felt like it was choking me. What do you guys do?

I am a caregiver to a 75 year old woman. I've been caring for her for 5 months now so I'm fairly new BUT she is rapidly deteriorating. When I 1st started she had some problems choking but now I puree all of her food for the last month ... this is the info the family has provided and what I've...

Hello everyone I'd like to start off and say I don't think I have ALS (anymore) I know that I have severe (health) anxiety, OCD, and depression. I started out like so many other people who got BFS and was worried about the twitching all over the place. This was about a year ago that I first...