webmd.com I would like to know if it is possible for food from your digestive tract to end up in your lungs?

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webmd.com I would like to know if it is possible for food from your digestive tract to end up in your lungs?

2007-02-13 16:35:56 · 3 answers · asked by Diane L 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer

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Yes if your epiglottis does not close when you eat, cough, talk or drink. Lots of older people end up with aspiration pneumonia due to this. People who are drunk can go to sleep and vomit aspirate it into their lungs and die. So yes its possible

2007-02-13 16:40:53 · answer #1 · answered by JNS 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋

if it is still in your esophagus it you it may end up in your lungs and cause a lot of serious problems

2007-02-14 00:40:32 · answer #2 · answered by bootie1706 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Yes, it can happen, but usually not in healthy people.

2007-02-14 00:39:21 · answer #3 · answered by diannegoodwin@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋