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Why can I sometimes not swallow if I wamt to? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Sometimes I malfunction and wamt to swallow but I cant. After a few tries it suddenly works. I usually bug when I breath heavily through my nose.

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

So you’ve never drank a big glass of water that takes more than four swallows?

The reason your body won’t do more than 3-4 swallows is there’s only so much saliva it can produce per unit time.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    It’s not the lack of saliva to swallow. After a certain point the top of my throat feels like it locks up and won’t let me even attempt a swallow.

    I haven’t tried it with water but when drinking normally I’m not trying to swallow continuously as fast as possible.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Ah. My own sense of thirst is completely missing, so I almost never enjoy water. I just chug it like I’m doing a chore, so I tend to drink as much as I can put down without running out of oxygen or giving myself the runs.

    I can drink off a liter at a time if I choose, but I don’t because that much water does actually reach the other end of the tube before getting absorbed.

    So for full absorption I usually do half a liter at a go, ideally a few times a day. It’s hard to remember to though because, like I said, no thirst.

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