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I took a supplement this morning and when i swallowed the pill i started coughing violently l. could it have gone down the trachea and into the lungs?
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Child <3 Adult>50: Sometimes the swallowed substance "goes down the wrong way" and gets inhaled into your windpipe or lungs (aspirated). This occurs most often in children and in adults who are older than age 50. When you inhale a substance, coughing is a normal reaction of the body to clear the throat and windpipe.Inhaling a substance into your lungs can cause a lung inflammation and infection (aspiration pneumonia
Answered 12/7/2018
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