i was eating corn chips while watching tv and i got distracted and aspirated a bit of it. i automatically coughed pretty hard for about a minute, i didn’t feel anything come up. i feel okay now, but my chest hurts and swallowing feels weird. I’m 15
Hello and welcome to MedHelp's forums. We encourage you to speak to your parents whenever you have a health concern so that they may get you medical help if necessary. When we inhale food into our lungs, it is called aspiration pneumonia. Here is information on it https://www.healthline.com/health/aspiration-pneumonia. How are you now? There are symptoms of aspiration pneumonia but they normally last longer than a short bit. https://www.healthline.com/health/aspiration-pneumonia#treatment. Please let us know how you are doing now.