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human
ELI5: Why do they need to drill a hole into your larynx because of chronic smoking?

I don't get it. What do you accomplish breathing through another hole in your throat?
gpt
Tracheostomy, a opening in the trachea, rarely made with a drill.

Its preformed when the larynx is obstructed by swollen tissue and the person either cannot breath or cannot move enough air to profuse oxygen. As for chronic smoking this could do lots of things to lead to a tracheostomy. Throat cancer, which could obstruct the airway. Food still finds it way to the stomach usually with no extra surgery required.

For the 5yr old, you can't breathe through your face holes any longer.