today at dinner i was eating this pasta dish. the pieces of pasta were a tiny bit bigger than a piece of rice. and my dad said something funny and i accidentely inhaled a piece. and i was coughing trying to see if i could get it out. but it didnt. and i was just wondering if this could do any damage or anything serious to me?
ComplexMind answered Thursday August 9 2007, 6:34 am: No serious damage. It's the same thing as choking, it will just be pretty uncomfortable for the rest of the night, possibly.
If you cough up blood, then you've got a problem.
I accidently inhaled Tabasco Brand Hot Sauce at Dennys with some friends and it felt terrible. My throat hurt for the rest of the night, but the next morning it was just fine.
Rice wouldn't deal any damage. But going into the severity of it, doctors often put tubes in people's throats to help them to breathe, it goes to the same place and they don't get permanently damaged.
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