When laryngospasm occurs, people are unable to breathe or speak.

Though it can be scary while it's happening, laryngospasm typically goes away within a couple of minutes.

Death due to laryngospasm, however, is not listed in standard lists of adverse effects.

So a recent or current upper respiratory infection may increase the likelihood of developing laryngospasm.

Laryngospasm may also be a complication of surgery.

The laryngospasm notch is located just behind the earlobe.

Spontaneous laryngospasm can be treated by staying calm and breathing slowly, instead of gasping for air.

It also affects the respiratory tract and can cause laryngospasm and other nasty side effects.

However, one participant died seconds later from laryngospasm due to a pharmacy error in calculating the dose.

An unconscious victim rescued with an airway still sealed from laryngospasm stands a good chance of a full recovery.

When water or other foreign bodies are inhaled, laryngospasm occurs and the person's larynx spasms shut.

Laryngospasm caused by anesthesia can be life-threatening.

This condition is called sleep-related laryngospasm.

Minor laryngospasm will generally resolve spontaneously.

The cyanosis is a result of laryngospasm (a protective mechanism that the body has to prevent aspiration into the trachea).

If GERD is the problem, treating the condition can help manage laryngospasm.

The incident described by the boy's mother did relate an episode of forceful apnea that would have indicated laryngospasm and therefore dry drowning.

In most victims, the laryngospasm relaxes some time after unconsciousness and water can enter the lungs causing a "wet drowning".

GERD is a common cause of spontaneous laryngospasm.

The complications of general anaesthesia are laryngospasm, hypotension, hypercarbia, respiratory depression and cardiac arrhythmia.

However, most of the halogenated anesthetics are irritating to the airway, perhaps leading to coughing, laryngospasm and overall difficult inductions.

The laryngospasm reflex essentially causes asphyxiation and neurogenic pulmonary edema (œdema).

Typically, dry drowning involves laryngospasm and immediate hypoxia and death, not delayed pulmonary edema.

Occasionally, serious life threatening complications, such as laryngospasm, respiratory arrest, or malignant hyperthermia can arise post-anesthesia.

In medicine, laryngospasm is an uncontrolled/involuntary muscular contraction (spasm) of the laryngeal cords.