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Can you inhale your saliva and be okay? i'm worried about getting secondary drowning from laughing and accidentally inhaling my saliva. i had a lot.
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Aspiration of saliva: Aspiration pneumonia can occur after inhaling liquids. Symptoms would include persistent cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, wheezing, abnormal sputum, etc. Drowning from aspirating saliva would be unlikely.
Answered 8/25/2016
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