Coughing becomes a bit hard and so is breathing.
In: Biology
The saliva has activated nerves in your throat recognizing that something shouldn’t be there and needs to be removed as your lungs only want gas. Little hairs (cilia) work that saliva back up, and coughing is used to help forcefully push it back up as well. Your throat constricts to prevent more inhalation of foreign material and simply as a result of foreign material being present where it shouldn’t be.
You cough and clear your throat until you can breathe just fine. Nothing else you can do really.
Bend over with your head down and cough. This should help clear it faster so gravity helps you instead of fighting it.
Every time it happens I worry that this is the most pathetic way to die ever. It’s fine though, reflex kick in.
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