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I gasped & either swallowed or aspirated a tightly chewed up wad of oral-b glide dental floss.dr @ er thought i may have aspirated w/o noticing but said i'd cough lots(i'm not) if i had(36hr later). glide is coated in harmful teflon.reason 4 concern?
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I would tend to agree with your ER physician: if you aspirated a foreign object you would be coughing up a storm. Your concern about the perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS) is valid, yet your were chewing on tight wad of the floss to begin with, exposing you to the chemical nonetheless.
Answered 9/17/2022
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