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Saliva is difficult to swallow, yet food is easy to swallow - eating, in fact, often makes the tightness go away for a time 'Lump' sensation comes and goes from day to day; Symptoms can persist for very long periods, often several months. The symptoms can be mimicked by pushing on the cartilage in the neck, just below the Adam's apple
At one point, it was thought that a lack of the gag reflex in stroke patients was a good predictor for dysphagia (difficulty with swallowing) or laryngeal aspiration (food or drink entering the larynx), and was therefore commonly checked for. However, in one study, 37% of healthy people did not have a gag reflex, yet all subjects except for one ...
Image credits: cookedbutok #6. D***s and poor self care will rot your body to a husk and/or unmanageable lump. Something everyone claims is common knowledge but you can't walk 10 feet in a ...
Sample 75 Hard Diet Meal Plan. Doing 75 hard is demanding enough, and figuring out what to eat can be overwhelming, too. Looking for a balanced meal plan to follow that will actually keep you ...
Lingering coughs are often due to an unresolved infection, virus or flare-up of an underlying health condition—such as lung disease or asthma—whereas a chronic cough can be a sign of asthma ...
Vocal cord paresis, also known as recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis or vocal fold paralysis, is an injury to one or both recurrent laryngeal nerves (RLNs), which control all intrinsic muscles of the larynx except for the cricothyroid muscle. The RLN is important for speaking, breathing and swallowing.
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.
With emphysema the shortness of breath due to effective bronchoconstriction from excessive very thick mucus blockage (it is so thick that great difficulty is encountered in expelling it resulting in near exhaustion at times) can bring on panic attacks unless the individual expects this and has effectively learned pursed lip breathing to more quickly transfer oxygen to the blood via the damaged ...