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A typical treatment that can be prescribed starts, for instance, with nidefipine (as long as it brings a relief), a benzodiazepine (one month maximum) that has a myorelaxant effect and that can be chosen to simultaneously address other faces of the problem (anxiety, sleeping issue) and a well-tolerated anti-depressant like escitalopram (long ...
With one-sided vagal nerve (CN X - motor component) damage, the soft palate will elevate and pull toward the intact side regardless of the side of the pharynx that is touched. This is because the sensory component is intact on both sides, but only the motor nerves supplying one side of the soft palatine and pharyngeal muscles is working ...
It can sometimes occur during sleep, waking up the affected person. These episodic interruptions of sleep have been attributed to acute irritation due to gastro-oesophageal reflux. [2] [7] Laryngospasm is also an unlikely but possible side effect of ketamine administration. [8] Laryngospasm may happen in people with neurological disease. [9]
A chronic cough can be due to many things from asthma to post-COVID-19. Here's how to figure out why you can't stop coughing and how to treat it.
The One Surprising Food A Cardiologist Would Never Eat For Lunch According to Dr. Krumholz, the one food he would never, ever eat as a cardiologist for lunch is a bacon double cheeseburger .
Coughing after you eat can be just one of those things, or a sign of something more serious. Experts break it down why it happens and what to do if it’s serious.
One Igbo adage, for example, uses the swallowing of phlegm as a metaphor for wrongdoing. [16] Also, due to the social image of spitting (the alternative of swallowing) in some communities, females were shown to be more likely to swallow phlegm and less likely to report experiencing it. [17] [18] The alternative to swallowing would be throat ...
One doctor suggested that I might have sprained an abdominal muscle while doing pilates. Another doctor did an ultrasound, and still suspected that the pain was from working out.