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Is there a corn chip in my lungs?

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
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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.
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