I'm really worried about my grandmother. She's 56 and has diabetes. Last year, while she was swallowing her prescribed pills, one got stuck in her food pipe. This went unnoticed until it happened a second time, so we thought it might be a stroke. We took her to an ENT specialist and all tests, like the CT scan, came back normal. But now it has happened twice again, first with pills and then with food. This time the doctor has suggested an endoscopy. We haven't done it yet. Could you help me understand what might be going on with her?

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Dr Mubarak Parveez B

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2+ Yrs

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Usually in adults foreign body inside windpipe or lower down are expelled by powerful cough reflex. It's unlikely that it will stay in airway without any symptoms. Probably you have injured your upper airway while coughing. Usually it will resolve on its own within few days

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