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A death rattle is noisy breathing that often occurs in someone near death. [1] Accumulation of fluids such as saliva and bronchial secretions in the throat and upper airways is the cause. [ 2 ] Those who are dying may lose their ability to swallow and may have increased production of bronchial secretions, resulting in such an accumulation. [ 3 ]
Phantosmia (phantom smell), also called an olfactory hallucination or a phantom odor, [1] is smelling an odor that is not actually there. This is intrinsically suspicious as the formal evaluation and detection of relatively low levels of odour particles is itself a very tricky task in air epistemology.
Choking is the fourth leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States. [7] [3] Many episodes go unreported because they are brief and resolve without needing medical attention. [8] Of the reported events, 80% occur in people under 15 years of age, and 20% occur in people older than 15 years of age. [7]
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Qualitative smell disorders cannot be measured and are disorders in which there is alternation or distortion in the perception of smell. Qualitative disorders include parosmia (also called troposmia) and phantosmia. [2] Dysosmia is a qualitative olfaction disorder and includes both parosmia and phantosmia.
Over 90% of adults pick their noses, and many people end up eating those boogers.. But it turns out snacking on snot is a bad idea. Boogers trap invading viruses and bacteria before they can enter ...
The "smell of death" research has been permitted as evidence in court. In the 2011 Caylee Anthony case, in which Casey Anthony was accused of having murdered her 2-year-old daughter, the scent from inside the trunk of the car in which she was accused of having stored a dead body was collected and then assessed by an expert witness. [7]
Apparently, garlic—like all its cousins, including onions, leeks, scallions, chives, and shallots—contains a sulfur-based compound called Allicin that has powerful antioxidant health benefits ...