Water is not a corrosive chemical nor harmful to human flesh, so why does it burn when inhaled?
In: Biology
You body in general will dislike everything reaching the membrane in your nose.
If you just put in a finger (don’t do that) you wont reach it, water however is liquid and can reach it what causes the body to give a warning signal to your brain in order to make you stop doing whatever you are doing.
(The same way you have pain when you cut yourself)
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