Food stuck in throat

Okay so I was eating beef jerky and a piece is lodged in my throat, it feels like its in the middle. I've tried drinking water, eating other food, relaxing my throat, everything it could think off. Has this happened to anyone else? How did you get it...

unstuck? Can it cause any damage? Its been stuck for 45 min. Please help!

try gagging yourself

This happened to me last night. I was eating steak and all the sudden it felt stuck. I tried swallowing hard and drinking liquids and it just wouldnt come out. To make matters worse, everything I tried to swallow to get it pushed down kept coming right back up, but not the steak piece itself. This went on for about an hour and a half. Finally my fiancee suggested drinking some Coke. The coke dissolved it enough that I was able to cough it out finally. It wasnt very attractive, but it did work. Try it!

Well its happening to me right now so... I'm drinking coke...

This can be a very dangerous condition called Eosinaphilic Esophagitus. It will have to be diagnosed by a trained Gastrointerologist. The problem is that white blood cells are attacking the esophagus and ccausing hard rings to form that will eventually close the opening to the stomach. If left untreated you can rip a hole in your esophagus and bleed to death. Please have it checked.