When drinking water and it “goes down the wrong pipe” is that water entering your airways? And if so, how does it go away?

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When drinking water and it “goes down the wrong pipe” is that water entering your airways? And if so, how does it go away?

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I‘d like to point out that Cilia also exist.

They are hair-like structures lining your windpipe. They move in a rhythm to slowly push the mucus towards you mouth sl you spit it put or swallow it.

Now I‘m not 100% sure on this, but it seeems reasonable to me that those cilia would also move out any water droplets that the coughing didnt get out.