How come when food goes in the lungs and we choke, the food doesn’t eventually rot in the lungs? How do we get it out or does it decompose
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Emt (emergency medical technician) here.
What you are describing sounds like “aspiration pneumonia”.
It may not happen to you, but it definitely happens! Aspiration pneumonia uncommon in patients who are younger and overall in a healthier conditions.
However, older patients can be at risk, because they can have a weak cough or have trouble swallowing.
Other major groups of patients at risk would be patients who are already sick, or have a history of major illnesses can also be at risk (they are “immunocompromised”), including patients who have used medications called steroids as a treatment for another illness.
For more info, you can look up “aspiration pneumonia”.
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