If you breathe in a bug, and it gets to your lungs, how can your lungs “get rid of” the bug carcass? Is it just trapped in there? Can lungs “digest” things? (Assuming you’re not coughing it back out)

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If you breathe in a bug, and it gets to your lungs, how can your lungs “get rid of” the bug carcass? Is it just trapped in there? Can lungs “digest” things? (Assuming you’re not coughing it back out)

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Your entire body has bioweapons to handle invaders. If it’s a biological invader like a bug or a virus it will get attacked and ‘consumed’ by white blood cells. If it is non biological like a piece of metal or shrapnel the body tries to push it towards the surface of the skin to force it out.

The human body is the most amazing thing ever.

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