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Health anxiety is killing me.. So anxious. Should I be fine?

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amandanisbet
amandanisbet

Today I was eating some meat, I know for sure I chewed it really well, but it did have some spice to it and I tried to spit out some of the food I can before coughing and I did have a very small piece of chewed meat inside my mouth while I tried to hold back from coughing from how spicy my mouth was getting and I coughed and inhaled a small piece and I'm worried if it got into my lungs accidentally and I can't stop freaking out about it with my health anxiety making me think my life is over now. I can still breathe and I don't have to cough. I heard it's pretty rare to get food into your lungs since your body will prevent that from happening, but I'm really worried now. Should I go to the ER or most likely nothing is there?

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  • sairam41470
    sairam41470 amandanisbet

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    hi amandan ! first of all u didnt inhale the piece u swallowed it! and it went down your stomach! now u are feeling anxious and creating your own panic by imagining which is very real like ! use some medication for anxiety which desensitizes you from your throat ! and see if it works!

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