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A member asked:
When eating / drinking, food / liquid goes down wrong pipe, does it stay in the airway? how come it doesn't cause aspiration pneumonia every time?
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Variable: If it is cleared by cough, nothing remains. If something remains, and obstructs then pneumonia is a possibility. Peanuts, and. A shrimp were two of my recent removals!
Answered 9/4/2020
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