Tiggs

if you choke on food is it possible for it to clear because you inhale the item into your lungs.....and would i be able to tell if i had?

please only answer if the answer is "its impossible"

answers like "you have 3 hrs before you collapse" would be bad!

T

imlach

I think it just breaks down in there and it'll come out somehow/sometime.....don't think you have anything to worry about...

[Edited by imlach - 12/9/2003 11:10:37 PM]

Tiggs

that sounds good...but medicaly unlikely! is there some sort of lung to stomach back door!

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Tiggs

ok...now thats medicaly more likely...although more gross.

so im not gonna die then?

imlach

Tiggs, both explanations are roughly the same

ie, if it doesn't come out immediately, it WILL rot in there and come out eventually.

ajm

The body may react differently depending on what the substance is. What kind of foreign object are we talking about here?

TelBoy

A chock, yesterday...

LG John

I'd have thought any food in the lung would cause irritation eventually and lead to coughing which would in turn clear it. Thats an opinion based on logic rather than medical knowledge btw

Scooby96

Your lunh should treat it as a foreign object and will try its best to make you cough it up.

Better see the gp if its hurting or is uncomfortable