You can have an object lodged in your throat in such a way that it allows you to exhale but not inhale. As a child, I remember choking on a bit of bread or pas

You can have an object lodged in your throat in such a way that it allows you to exhale but not inhale. As a child, I remember choking on a bit of bread or pastry or something. I couldn’t breathe in, but I could wheeze and make noise. I was able to dislodge it by pointing my head downward and exhaling forcefully with my remaining air, effectively an internal version of the Heimlich.