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Choking
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Choking, also known as foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO), is a phenomenon that occurs when breathing is impeded by a blockage inside of the respiratory tract. An obstruction that prevents oxygen from entering the lungs results in oxygen deprivation. Although oxygen stored in the blood and lungs can keep a person alive for several minutes after breathing stops, choking often leads to death.
Quotes
With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder.
William Shakespeare, Richard II (c. 1595), act ii, sc. 1 (John of Gaunt)
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