Why do some cough after eating ice cream?!


Question:

Why do some cough after eating ice cream?

I cough after ice cream, and so do my parents. Why does that always happen?


Answers:
Because the ice cream reacts with your saliva and creates a thicker more mucousy secretion which can irritate the back of the throat, so then we try to clear our throat and cough.

Reaction to the cold. I drink a glass of water and I'm fine. Try it - it could work for you.

because your body temperature is adjusting and it may have went down wrong! Sometimes i cough after i eat ice cream.

The air you breath into your lungs is colder, and your lungs contact slightly making you cough. When your lungd have a few warm breaths it stops

Same reason some cough after eating anything.

When cold ice cream comes into the esophagus it relaxs the lower esophageal sphincter tone. This is what causes the problem. Also, people with GERD tend to experience the same problems with several foods that cause the same problems.

i think that the ice cream causes a slight aggravation in the throat area and in return you cough to stop the irritation Paul

I'm allergic to dairy so I develop mild cold-like symptoms when I have too much dairy. Most things just gives me a stuffy nose or some throat phlegm, but ice cream and sometimes yogurt make me cough. I've never had symptoms last for more than a half hour.

From what my doctor has told me, it's fairly common in people who were lactose intolerant as babies, and there's really nothing you can do to about it except not eat dairy. I don't know about you, but a little coughing is not enough to make me stop eating ice cream and cheese!

when you eat something cold as Ice cream it will make your food tube well that is what us country boys call it . any way when you eat something that cold you actually almost freeze the tube that your food goes down remember you freezer were the ice cream is kept is usually 10 degrees above zero and you are swallowing it then when you breath in ward your breathing warm air that's what causes you to cough its that hot then cold effect




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