How to get a popcorn kernel out of your throat

Similar to another question posted here I think I accidentally inhaled a kernel of corn this evening although I am not sure. If that doesnt work try soda pop.

I coughed lightly and the thing came free caught it in my hand.

How to get a popcorn kernel out of your throat. Put your finger in the back of your throat and try to grab the kernel At first you have to put your finger in the back of your throat. Then try to grab the kernel with it and then pull out slowly. This step is very important because you will be able to get the kernel easily.

Start with a drink of water and see if that cleans down the popcorn kernel. If that does not work attempt soda pop. Often the fizzing action helps to wash down the piece of popcorn so attempt something very fizzy like ginger ale.

Consume something to grab onto the shell if the liquids do not work. Try a slice of fluffy bread a ball of sticky rice or a banana. Most of these foods will grab onto the foreign object and help to slide it down your throat.

If these dont work try a piece of tortilla eaten without chewing. The large piece of tortilla sometimes has enough friction to grab the popcorn hull and remove it. Alternating coughing and swallowing often helps to dislodge the stuck popcorn kernel from the throat.

Drinking a small amount of olive oil sometimes helps to dislodge the stuck kernel of popcorn from the throat. You can also gulp egg yolk which is slippery to dislodge popcorn from the throat. Alternating coughing and swallowing will also help to dislodge the stuck popcorn shell kernel from the throat.

Some experts also recommend drinking a little bit of olive oil to extricate the stuck shell from your throat. You may also gulp egg yolk which is slippery and removes the lodged popcorn shell effectively. Get some of that sore throat spray to numb your gullets gag reflex.

Reach way the shit back there and scrape that bitch out. Alternatively eat the foods others have suggested but take much larger bites than usually and try to swallow at once. Anyhow I started to think perhaps the popcorn scratched my throat and that was what I was feeling.

But at last this afternoon on day 8 I was walking across a parking lot at Syracuse University and it felt different. I coughed lightly and the thing came free caught it in my hand. That happened to me.

I think it was the shell that was stuck in my throat. Drank and ate anything I thought would dislodge it. After the third day I decided I was going to ask one of the GI guys I work in a hospital to scope me and get it out.

Woke up that morning and it was gone. Havent ate popcorn since. Possible inhalation of a kernel of corn.

Similar to another question posted here I think I accidentally inhaled a kernel of corn this evening although I am not sure. My gag reflex was not triggered but the kernel entered my throat rapidly as I was inhaling through my mouth. Popcorn popcorn caught in throat popcorn husk in tonsil.

Dangit - I dont know which is worse - a hair or popcorn husk stuck in my throat. If you scrub your teeth too hard you could wear away the enamel. Usually they have to come out by their own accord.

Take a pain reliever. This happened to me last night also was munching away on some popcorn and now the little husk is just rammed solid in the back of my throat. I think I am going to opt for the tracheotomy by fingernail sounds more pleasant than the olive oil ROFL XD seriously its driving me bonkers should be warnings on the packets and so glad its not just me.

I am severely allergic to the airborne oils of popcorn–oh yes. I start out with my face and lips going numb and then my tongue feels thick. Then I start coughing and gagging and feel like my throat.

Drink liquids first. Start with a drink of water and see if that washes down the popcorn shell. If that doesnt work try soda pop.

Sometimes the fizzing action helps to wash down the piece of popcorn so try something very fizzy like ginger ale. Popcorn kernel stuck in my throat. Try to work the popcorn out from between your teeth using the bristles in various strokes and movements.

If it is stuck there a shell will deteriorate over time. Work the floss back and forth or up and down but be sure to also press down and massage your gums to. Popcorn shell stuck in throat however the kernel itself ought to desire to be precise out of your throat.

I get them now and then by February 26 problems swallowing or breathing and infections in the throat Its extremely annoying as every time I try to swallow nothing happens and its still there happily munching on a bowl of popcorn. Every year about 500 children worldwide wind up in the hospital because they got a husk of popcorn stuck in their throats. Popcorn actually isnt the most common problem food.

More children have to be hospitalized because they have managed to get carrots sunflower seeds sunflower husks watermelon seeds fish bones or peanuts not just in their throats but in their lungs. You can also try flexing your neck forward pushing your tongue into the roof of your mouth and swallowing and that can sometimes push debris out the tonsillar crypt. The other thing to try is using a water pick flushing out the tonsillar crypt but you should run that by your family doctor.