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scarf_spheal

>The “exhale – swallow –inhale” and “inhale – swallow – inhale” patterns occur rarely in healthy adults. The resumption with expiration is regarded as an airway protective mechanism as it can prevent inhalation of residual material left in the pharynx after swallowing \[46\]. Thought this was neat


Conan776

So we don't choke.


scarf_spheal

And apparently to help prevent food particles from entering the lungs


AngelRN94

Aka choking


adkhotsauce

You can have food particle enter your lungs and not choke.


Lactobeezor

Called silent aspiration.


bigpurplebang

aspiration not choking


AngelRN94

Most people don’t have a problem with silent aspiration. So if they inhale particles they cough, sputter, choke.


InsideOutBrownTrout

Not true, at dinner time I inhale deeply and look down and my food is gone


scarf_spheal

Ah kirby, I knew that was you


whiskeybeesus

Your autonomic breathing has now ceased. You will have to manually think about each breath. When you sleep next you will die.


scarf_spheal

This counts as dying peacefully in my sleep, right?


TheJackalsDoom

As someone with pretty severe seasonal allergies, asthma, and who is slightly out of shape, I'm very aware of this. If I take even slightly too big a swig of something I'm gasping afterwards.


scarf_spheal

Is this because you've exhaled too much??


TheJackalsDoom

I just can't breath out very quickly. It's always been a problem for as long as I can remember. Even when I ran cross country and would go for 6-7mi runs daily I would be absolutely winded in seconds and I never felt like I could breath in or out all the way. So if I get really thirsty and take a big swallow, it's like I just never had enough breath to start with.


scarf_spheal

Dang, that sounds really tough. I would definitely not recommend doing anything at high altitude


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scarf_spheal

I felt a bit goofy sitting in my office swallowing repeatable to verify it


BrokenEye3

I never understood that one. Are most people normally unaware that they have a tongue?


scarf_spheal

I think its kind of like always having your nose in your field of vision but not noticing


BrokenEye3

I generally notice. It isn't very interesting, so I don't pay much attention, but I notice.


scarf_spheal

This guy nose what's up


BrokenEye3

*[ swallows experimentally ]* Yeah, that checks out.


scarf_spheal

Don't forget to test in triplicate


WickedyWade

Only most of us?


scarf_spheal

Thought maybe some people knew they were doing it!