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I have struggled with aspiration of stomach acid for many years now. Unfortunately, there is not much that you can do. It always starts in my sleep, I wake up coughing then gagging then usually ends with vomiting. I drink some water eat some Tums or Rolaids and sit up on the couch for a while. The burning in the lungs is always intense And takes a while to clear. Keep coughing up everything you can. There is a risk after this of developing pneumonia so if you develop fever/chills wheezing, shortness of breath see your doctor. I take two 15mg Prevacid a day and rarely have problems. I say rarely, but I'm up tonight playing the aspiration game. I ran out of Prevacid yesterday. My fault!
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoIf stomach acid gets into your trachea, it will cause pain and a lot of coughing. As a result, you would usually not inhale it all the way into your lungs. If you did, the lungs would be damaged and there is a chance that you would develop pneumonia as a result.
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What does it mean when a person aspirates?
Aspirate is when a person has food in their stomach, and they start to throw up, but for some reason it gets into their lungs instead of going out their mouths, causing them breathing problems.
What does overeating do to the respiratory system?
It is my understanding that by engorging the stomach with food, it puts pressure under the lungs causing difficulty in taking a full deep breath. It can also cause the opening of the stomach to become open causing the acid from the stomach to regurgitate up into the esophagus. This acid can be regurgitated up into the esophagus causing heartburn. That acid can sometimes get into the lungs. Prolonged acid reflux can lead to esophageal cancer as the lining of the esophagus isn't able to handle the acid that the stomach produces. The stomach lining and esophagus lining are quiet different.
The nurse is measuring the pH from the aspirate of a jejunostomy tube The nurse would suspect that the tubehas migrated into the stomach if the pH reading of the aspirate?
Is 1.0-4.0
What are some of the ways someone can aspirate liquid into their lungs?
Aspiration occurs when someone breathes foreign material such as food, drinks, or vomit into the airways leading to the lungs or all the way to the lungs. One can aspirate liquid into the lungs because of being less alert due to drugs, having swallowing problems, or having a poor gag reflex.
How do the lungs work with stomach?
How does the lungs work with the stomach
Is stomach acid acid or alkali's?
stomach acid is and acid
Is stomach acid alkalis or acid?
stomach acid is and acid
How do lungs close up?
the lungs close up, which closes off the passage ways from the esophagus and the stomach and the lungs. the passage ways are divided by the esophageal sphinxter. which helps divide what objects go where, food goes down the esophagus into the stomach while air goes down the tubuals down into the lungs. if you have a disfunctional esophageal sphinxter you have a greater chance of getting often re-occurences of GERD otherwise known as Acid Reflux, which results in Stomach Acid occurring in the Tubes of your Esophagus.
Why is vomiting so bad for you?
it brings up stomach acid. if you vomit too much it will dissolve your lungs and esophagus (through)
When trauma patients aspirate pneumontis is likely why?
Pneumonitis is inflammation of the lungs, usually a symptom of infection. It is very likely that the aspirated fluid is contaminated, or that it irritates the lungs.
How do the lungs protect us from disease?
If any Microorganisms get into our lungs it gets caught in the mucus and is then carried up into our breathing system by the cilia, it is then swallowed and killed by the hydrochloric acid in our stomach
If stomach acid leaks into your stomach do you die?
stomach acid is already in your stomach...
