Why do we drink water after coughing if our windpipe controls our respiratory system and the water goes down our esophagus?

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Why do we drink water after coughing if our windpipe controls our respiratory system and the water goes down our esophagus?

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Coming here to ask another question: if you get water down your windpipe, does it all eventually get coughed up? Can the liquid be processed by your lungs at all, or would it just turn into pneumonia?

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