Article: Sometimes when I'm drinking, the fluid goes down the wrong tube. What tube does it go down, and how does that affect my body? Why do we cough when we get water in our lungs?(Ask Doctor Cory)

Dear Dr. Cory:

Sometimes when I'm drinking, the fluid goes down the wrong tube. What tube does it go down, and how does the effect my body?

Maureen McDonnell Aurora, Colorado

Dear Dr. Cory:

Why do we cough when we get water in our lungs?

Andrea C. Semple Colborne, Ontario

Dear Maureen and Andrea:

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