Among those campaigning to keep kratom legal are scientists such as Andrew Kruegel, an associate research scientist at Columbia University.
Even these symptoms donât necessarily mean the cough is serious. Iâm seeing plenty of people this year with fevers and coughs lasting two and even three weeks or more who still turn out to have simple viral infections. But these are symptoms that are worth a call or even a trip to your doctorâs office.
In other words, you will not see any coughing, choking, or turning red. Aspiration is dangerous because the food/liquids/stomach contents enter into the lungs, which is very irritating. It can develop into an aspiration pneumonia, which is very hard to treat, even with multiple antibiotics.