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The original was posted on /r/lifeprotips by /u/Goaty_Junior on 2026-05-15 16:10:29+00:00.

We've all had absolute coughing fits when we "swallow down the wrong pipe" and trying to gain a deep breath to cough it out seems nearly impossible. Leaving you teary eyed and embarrassed trying to reign it in.

When this happens, close your mouth and breathe in through your nose. This gives you A LOT more air to properly cough the liquids out. Then give yourself 1-2 strong coughs. You can repeat as needed.

This needs to be said, this obviously doesn't work if you're actually choking with something fully or partially blocking your wind pipe. Only for when you swallow/inhale wrong on very small amounts of liquids.