What happens when you swallow something down the 'wrong pipe'

You've probably experienced it before — the unpleasant choking sensation that occurs when you swallow something down the "wrong pipe." Why does this happen, and is there really a "wrong pipe" at all.

There is indeed, and there's a scientific term for it: aspiration. When you swallow something down the "wrong pipe," your body goes into alarm-mode to clear it out as soon as possible.

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[Anthomnia]

It's so scary knowing my brain can forget something so vital.. Oh my god

[kalef]

anyone else watching after a near death experience eating food?

[Jonathanstepney]

Who else came to this video because this just happened to you

[ikeDuke]

It's funny how the brain literally just forgets or isn't paying attention

[dimledimledim]

Now i dont want to eat or drink anymore

[dwightxyt]

what happens if you don't cough violently but it it goes down the wrong pipe anyway

[rxbbaz]

He said cough until you fell good, I did that and people ran away from me cause they thought I had rona💀

[famalam]

This was actually incredibly painful. No coughing. Just a feeling something was tight and bursting at the same time

[funforsameer]

Gordon Ramsays evil twin but not so evil twin

[Justgoogleit_]

This litterally just happened to me 2 SECONDS AGO! I was drinking some tea my grandma had gave me. And it felt like I was choking. This happened to me billions of times. I felt like I was gonna die. Luckily my grandma was their. (I spitted out tea everywhere!) I’m so glad it’s over.

[denialxproductions]

Anyone watched this video after choking on your spit?

[maxdukhovskoy]

Me: *drinking water*
My brain: hahahaha, "WiLL SnIFf" *forgets to close epiglottis*
*Chokes and dies*

[imdisgustingtrash]

Im scared that I might have gotten some in my lungs or some shit. Even though I coughed and this might be all in my head, I'm still scared shitless.

[axeljonsson]

Great, know i'm scared of eating and drinking

[LReyynolds]

Brilliant, can’t wait for my pneumonia to kick in

[vincentbryan]

I actually had pneumonia by this. They took x rays of my chest and found liquid in my lungs. Had a 104 fever for two days. Went to the ER. Got better and took 10 pills a day for a week lol. A week later... water goes down the wrong pipe again drinking soda and driving in the car. And now I’m here looking at wtf is wrong with me

[kougamishinya]

Don't lie in bed watching a movie on your phone while drinking from the lowest possible angle because you're too lazy to sit up and drink and then this happens 😭

[haywood]

Fun fact: The reason we are able to cough when we choke is because we breathe before every time we swallow. So if our brain forgets to close the trachea we are able to get the food back up because of the air we just breathed.

[briana]

Is there any way to KNOW that it got all the way down into your lungs?
Like, does stomach acid go and get it out of my lungs or something?

[stayhappy]

I was drinking water and it happened wile watching this video.