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"Suffocating Epigastric Pain": First Aid and Prevention for Acute Food Retention While Eating

Have you ever experienced a sudden, heavy blockage in your epigastrium after lunch or while enjoying a meal? When it feels hard even to breathe, cold sweat breaks out, and you suffer from pain severe enough to make you wonder if something is seriously wrong, you are firmly caught in the grip of acute food retention.