Food 'going down the wrong pipe': usually we cough it up involuntarily, but what would happen if food actually entered the lung? - Quora
![If food goes down the wrong pipe and causes pneumonia, can it be cured using medicine? Or is surgery needed immediately? - Quora If food goes down the wrong pipe and causes pneumonia, can it be cured using medicine? Or is surgery needed immediately? - Quora](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-7c5268ef80768bca0d3e04bf4cc7db3d.webp)
If food goes down the wrong pipe and causes pneumonia, can it be cured using medicine? Or is surgery needed immediately? - Quora
![ELI5: When people aspirate very small amounts of food and drink and it enters the lungs, what happens to that food/liquid? Does it go away or just build up? : r/explainlikeimfive ELI5: When people aspirate very small amounts of food and drink and it enters the lungs, what happens to that food/liquid? Does it go away or just build up? : r/explainlikeimfive](https://a.thumbs.redditmedia.com/KZESzgF91cP3KEAR29JhCFmX0zxsPgY1sYhv7XCtiW0.png)
ELI5: When people aspirate very small amounts of food and drink and it enters the lungs, what happens to that food/liquid? Does it go away or just build up? : r/explainlikeimfive
![Is it possible for a morsel of food, such as a peanut or a foreign object such as a plastic bead, to enter your lung via the bronchial tube? If it did/could Is it possible for a morsel of food, such as a peanut or a foreign object such as a plastic bead, to enter your lung via the bronchial tube? If it did/could](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-54226544a52f0a3a917fec253b74e34f.webp)