Kristina1
Senior member
- Joined
- Jan 26, 2017
- Messages
- 822
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 03/2017
- Country
- US
- State
- MA
- City
- Grafton
Sorry for all the noob posts. Talk to me about my aspiration, how dangerous is it, and is there anything (like a medication) that could reduce how often it happens?
I aspirate on liquids constantly. Basically every time I drink anything, I aspirate at least once, usually more like 3x. Often it is a very tiny amount that only makes me cough a little, occasionally it is larger and makes me cough hard. I also aspirate on my own saliva, and occasionally on certain foods (rice, ground beef, etc).
I know there is a risk of pneumonia, but this has been going on and getting gradually worse for the past year and it's never led to that. Does that mean the risk is pretty low?
Mostly this is just really annoying to me. Is there a medication that reduces this problem? Or a strategy?
When I asked in another post about help with swallowing pills the eventual option of a feeding tube was brought up. So I know that is an option with this problem too, but prior to that step is there anything people do to address this less invasively?
I aspirate on liquids constantly. Basically every time I drink anything, I aspirate at least once, usually more like 3x. Often it is a very tiny amount that only makes me cough a little, occasionally it is larger and makes me cough hard. I also aspirate on my own saliva, and occasionally on certain foods (rice, ground beef, etc).
I know there is a risk of pneumonia, but this has been going on and getting gradually worse for the past year and it's never led to that. Does that mean the risk is pretty low?
Mostly this is just really annoying to me. Is there a medication that reduces this problem? Or a strategy?
When I asked in another post about help with swallowing pills the eventual option of a feeding tube was brought up. So I know that is an option with this problem too, but prior to that step is there anything people do to address this less invasively?