A Few Words about Choking

Abstract

Almost every day, patients come to the doctor's office complaining of a feeling of choking in the chest, lack of air at rest, with minor or major exertion and a feeling of tightness in the neck. Dizziness, vertigo, or an accelerated heartbeat, which can be intermittent or continuous throughout the day and night, are often associated with the aforementioned complaints. Such patients are usually frightened because they feel the fear of choking.