{"id":80,"date":"2024-02-08T16:05:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T16:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/adult-slt\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:47:08","slug":"coughing-when-drinking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/slt-care-homes\/guidance\/coughing-when-drinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Coughing when drinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coughing during swallowing is a completely natural and physiological defence mechanism that protects the airway and happens to all of us. However coughing can become a concern if it begins to cause distress to the individual experiencing the it or if it puts them off eating and drinking.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the advice in the Eating and drinking strategies leaflet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nhsuk-action-link\"><a class=\"nhsuk-action-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/leaflets\/title\/adult-speech-and-language-therapy-eating-and-drinking-strategies\/\" target=\"self\"><span class=\"nhsuk-action-link__text\">Eating and drinking strategies<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Trialling naturally thick liquids e.g. milkshakes or smoothies may reduce the frequency of coughing on fluids.<\/p>\n<p>If coughing continues, <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2024\/03\/Swallow-diary.doc\">complete a <strong>swallow diary<\/strong><\/a> to document frequency and refer to Speech and Language Therapy.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Do not<\/span><\/strong> thicken fluids without a Speech and Language Therapy assessment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ohft-box red\">\n<p>When completing a referral ensure you have documented the changes you have actioned prior to referral on the <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2024\/07\/Managing-Dysphagia-Checklist.docx\">Managing dysphagia checklist<\/a> and attached this to the referral. Referrals without this checklist will not be accepted at triage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coughing during swallowing is a completely natural and physiological defence mechanism that protects the airway and happens to all of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-80","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/slt-care-homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/slt-care-homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/slt-care-homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/slt-care-homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/slt-care-homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/slt-care-homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":375,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/slt-care-homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions\/375"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/slt-care-homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/slt-care-homes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}