FreeMD® Inhaled Foreign Body: Definition

Inhaled Foreign Body Definition

Common names:

Airway Foreign Body
Foreign Body Inhaled
Foreign Body Lung
Foreign Body Tracheal
Inhaled Foreign Body
Inhaled Object
Lung Foreign Body
Pulmonary Foreign Body
Tracheal Foreign Body

A person with an inhaled foreign body has an object stuck in the air passageways of the throat or lung.

Adults usually inhale, food, pills or chewing gum. Children under five years old can choke on almost any object small enough to get into their airway.

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