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I inhaled a tic tac and can feel a slight pain in my throat, what do i do?

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Dr. Terrence Bethea answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

ED for extraction: You need to have a doctor extract it. You can try forceful exhalation but you don't want to run the risk of having it slip farther down.

Answered 11/25/2020

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