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Can a spider get into your lung and how would you know if one was?
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Not an alive one.: One can aspirate anything from food to fluids, to bugs, but one usually coughs it out. If something stuck in airway, bronchoscopy is the procedure to see and remove.
Answered 2/17/2014
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