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According to one study, one in three people lacks a gag reflex. [2] However, on the other end of the spectrum are people with a hypersensitive gag reflex. This hypersensitivity can lead to issues in various situations, such as swallowing a pill or large bites of food, or visiting the dentist.
Retching (also known as dry heaving) is the reverse movement (retroperistalsis) of the stomach and esophagus without vomiting. [1] It can be caused by bad smells or choking, or by withdrawal from certain medications, or after vomiting has completed.
If you hate a random food like bananas and it has no impact on your life, Cording says you're fine to keep on avoiding it. But if you're facing nutritional gaps, she recommends taking steps to fix ...
People who are capable of "handsfree purging", or the induction of vomiting by the willful opening of the esophageal sphincter in a manner similar to belching, while contracting the stomach muscles, do not have Russell's sign. People who use a fork, spoon, or foreign object to stimulate the gag reflex may not display Russell's sign.
A hypnic jerk, hypnagogic jerk, sleep start, sleep twitch, myoclonic jerk, or night start is a brief and sudden involuntary contraction of the muscles of the body which occurs when a person is beginning to fall asleep, often causing the person to jump and awaken suddenly for a moment.
BBC News: Why we hiccup "Wired: The Best Cure for Hiccups: Remind Your Brain You're Not a Fish". Wired. 25 February 2008. Archived from the original on 22 July 2014. Cymet TC (June 2002). "Retrospective analysis of hiccups in patients at a community hospital from 1995–2000". J Natl Med Assoc. 94 (6): 480– 3. PMC 2594386. PMID 12078929.
There is no way of knowing in advance how they would react to Trump going to jail for violating the gag rule. It is possible that it would make him a more sympathetic defendant.
The word "gag" has come to have various extended meanings, for example: Various sorts of laws and orders preventing or stopping discussion or revealing of information, e.g., a parliamentary procedure to end a debate. See gag order. A gag rule can be a part of court proceedings and congressional proceedings. Gag (medical device), to keep the ...