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Like Dr. Chin, Dr. Becker agrees that cleaning your tongue can improve your breath. “Your tongue can contribute to bad breath,” she says. Make sure you brush it.”. Brush it with your ...
Acid reflux into the mouth can cause breakdown of the enamel, especially on the inside surface of the teeth. A dry mouth, acid or burning sensation in the mouth, bad breath and redness of the palate may occur. [27] Less common symptoms of GERD include difficulty in swallowing, water brash, chronic cough, hoarse voice, nausea and vomiting. [26]
Tartaric acid is a muscle toxin, which works by inhibiting the production of malic acid, and in high doses causes paralysis and death. [26] The median lethal dose (LD 50 ) is about 7.5 grams/kg for a human, 5.3 grams/kg for rabbits, and 4.4 grams/kg for mice. [ 27 ]
Aerophagia (or aerophagy) is a condition of excessive air swallowing, which goes to the stomach instead of the lungs.Aerophagia may also refer to an unusual condition where the primary symptom is excessive flatus (farting), belching (burping) is not present, and the actual mechanism by which air enters the gut is obscure or unknown. [1]
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea or paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea (PND) is an attack of severe shortness of breath and coughing that generally occurs at night. [ 1 ] It usually awakens the person from sleep, and may be quite frightening. [ 2 ] PND, as well as simple orthopnea, may be relieved by sitting upright at the side of the bed with legs ...
More often than not, chronic bad breath is the result of poor oral hygiene, says Dr. Gastelum. Even if you brush your teeth twice a day, you may not be doing it well enough to kick the stink ...
Frequency. ~50% of people [ 4 ] Deaths. 50,000 (2015) [ 5 ] Gastritis is the inflammation of the lining of the stomach. [ 1 ] It may occur as a short episode or may be of a long duration. [ 1 ] There may be no symptoms but, when symptoms are present, the most common is upper abdominal pain (see dyspepsia). [ 1 ]
Heartburn, also known as pyrosis, cardialgia or acid indigestion, [ 2 ] is a burning sensation in the central chest or upper central abdomen. [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] Heartburn is usually due to regurgitation of gastric acid (gastric reflux) into the esophagus. It is the major symptom of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). [ 6 ]