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Is Constant Coughing Caused Due To Food Entering The Windpipe Dangerous?

I was having my food n by mistake a part of my food entered into wind pipe. I started coughing n most of the food was out during vomiting, but from then m feeling uneasy and continuously coughing, does that mean still some part of food is in the wind pipe and is this dangerous
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in this case there will be cough till food mater is expelled out it is life threatening can cause block of respiration. other problem it can cause aspiration pnemonea get checked by ent surgeon for remnant of food matter.
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Is Constant Coughing Caused Due To Food Entering The Windpipe Dangerous?

in this case there will be cough till food mater is expelled out it is life threatening can cause block of respiration. other problem it can cause aspiration pnemonea get checked by ent surgeon for remnant of food matter.