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A member asked:
How does aspiration occur when eating,drinking,? i'm worried cause i cough sometimes after i eat. 23 yrs and i do have acid reflux
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Aspiration: your windpipe and you've gut go together and when you swallow the food is directed into the gut but sometimes a little gets into your trachea or windpipe and cause you to cough it is not of any importance the fact that you have reflux may cause a little increase in that happening
Answered 4/17/2016
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