My mum gave my literal 5 year old a hard boiled lolly and unsurprisingly it got stuck in his throat when he swallowed it. After he managed to get it down, he was sad because he could still feel it in his throat.
I’ve never really thought about it but why is that? Is it the muscles in your throat or does it scratch it somehow?
In: Biology
You’re not too far off! While I was a lifeguard I learned that. When something is caught in your throat it is pushing against the sides. As you attempt to force air in or out of your lungs to remove the object it causes a slight build in pressure further expanding your throat. (this is why whenever somone performs the hiemlieck manuver on a choking person the object in their throat usually pops out with quite a bit of force.) Anyways all that pressure build up plus the inital object that was stuck cause some lasting soreness, but it should be gone within a day at most!
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