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ELI5: What happens with the water that ends up in your lungs when misdrinking?

Sometimes we drink and it goes "the wrong way", ending up in the lungs. What happens to that water? Does it evaporate? Is it slowly absorbed?

It can certainly not be stored there forever, we would feel it.
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The cell walls of your lungs are coated with a thin layer of water to aid oxygen absorption, but the layer is highly controlled excess water can be absorbed back into the cells, alternatively there are tiny hairs cilia which sweep away debris which is collected in the lungs and these can also remove excess water.