My 6 year old son is having trouble swallowing his saliva. He is getting very nervous bc he says that it feels like it gets stuck in his throat. He is having trouble breathing when he swallows his saliva.  He has allergy induced asthma- just had his Flovent- but we gave him xopenex out of fear he was unable to breathe well. Now, we are sitting with him and he is burping. He did eat some acidy foods for dinner- pizza and OJ- and had acid reflux as a baby. Maybe that could be causing this? HELP PLEASE! We are sitting here, in CT, in a blizzard with him, and he is so scared. Thanks and happy new year:) Carissa M
HIT hank for asking to ChatDoctorI really appreciate your concern, but this does not seem any big problem, because when child can swallow the bolus then it may not be anything wrong because when saliva induces the breathing problem then solid food to do the same thing, to me, it could be asthmatic problem, and the saliva must be constricting the bronchus, any way lets hope for the good, take care of kid and have nice day.