Open AccessChoking or Epilepsy
Author(s) -
Raktim Pratim Tamuli,
Debarshee Chakraborty,
Nayan Kumar Das,
Braja Gopal Das
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of forensic science and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.132
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2455-0094
pISSN - 2349-5014
DOI - 10.4103/2349-5014.155549
Subject(s) - choking , asphyxia , accidental , autopsy , medicine , dead body , impaction , cause of death , pharynx , poison control , forensic pathology , surgery , pediatrics , medical emergency , anatomy , physics , disease , acoustics
Choking is a form of asphyxia caused by an obstruction within the air passage usually between the pharynx and bifurcation of the trachea. It is commonly associated with alcohol intoxication, neurological injury, or senility. Choking is almost always accidental. Suicidal and homicidal chokings are rare. Here, in the present case, the dead body of a 29-year-old male was brought by the local police to the mortuary of Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Guwahati for medico-legal autopsy, who as reported, was mysteriously found dead on his bed. After complete and thorough autopsy, the cause of death was opined to be due to asphyxia as a result of antemortem choking, following impaction of the food bolus in the laryngotracheal region. The person had a history of a single episode of seizure (epilepsy) about 1 month back