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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't even know how you keep the food in your mouth chewing that long. After a minute most of it has managed to make it's way to my throat without any effort by me to get it there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah, I never really actively swallow, it's too painful, I just wait for the food to slide down.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You should ask about getting a swallowing study done to find out what's going on because that isn't normal. It might be an esophageal stricture or spasm that can be fixed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's probably just that I have a small mouth and throat.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

that should only result in smaller bites, definitely not pain unless you're trying to swallow whole chestnuts

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe uncomfortability is a better word?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

still shouldn't happen if you're chewing food properly

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

If they are proportional to each other, you shouldn't really be able to get more in your mouth than your esophagus can handle. There are some conditions that make the esophagus tense up wrong instead of making peristalsis.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That sounds concerning... are you alright?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago