laryngeal spasm

Laryngeal spasm.

Idiopathic laryngeal spasm.

In most American hospitals, doctors would quickly insert a breathing tube in a patient suffering from laryngeal spasms and admit the patient to an intensive care unit.

In her 2010 book, A Pressure Cooker Saved My Life, she describes the episode as a result of a stress-induced laryngeal spasm.

The 'diagnostic' puncture of the cuff resulted in a slow deflation, which eventually necessitated the replacement of the mask owing to the development of laryngeal spasm.

Laryngeal spasm possibly resulting from neuromyotonia has been described previously, and this highlights that, in patients with unexplained laryngospasm, neuromytonia should be added to the list of differential diagnoses.

The pharyngeal reflex or gag reflex (also known as a laryngeal spasm) is a reflex contraction of the back of the throat, evoked by touching the roof of the mouth, the back of the tongue, the area around the tonsils and the back of the throat.