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What Causes Shortness Of Breath After Inhaling Spray Paint?

Accidentally inhaled spray paint (black) from being too close to drawers I was painting without a mask and keep coughing up thick mucus with lots of black paint streaks all throughout the large gobs I keep coughing up and I have shortness of breath too... what do I do?
Tue, 13 Jan 2015
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Pathologist and Microbiologist 's  Response
the problem will continue as long as the dusts are within your body as lungs are trying to exhale it out!

not to worry about this as this is a normal reaction of our respiratory system to remove dusts with secretions this way.

take some anti-allergic if coughs are incapacitating!

wait and watch!
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What Causes Shortness Of Breath After Inhaling Spray Paint?

the problem will continue as long as the dusts are within your body as lungs are trying to exhale it out! not to worry about this as this is a normal reaction of our respiratory system to remove dusts with secretions this way. take some anti-allergic if coughs are incapacitating! wait and watch!