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NAUGHTY, LAZY EPIGLOTTIS! by Bill S. Health Maven

Posted Thu 06 May 2010 2:24pm .) Watch the video. And MARVEL at the LAZINESS of a NAUGHTY EPIGLOTTIS that doesn’t even TRY to close until most of the barium-laced applesauce is past it. Yes, the epiglottis is controlled by muscles attached to the hyoid bone which is attached to other muscles and ALL muscles are affected by Parkinson’s disease. That’s why so many of us develop Read on »

My Lazy, Lazy Epiglottis! by Bill S. Health Maven

Posted Wed 05 May 2010 11:32am to another bone. Save that for your next Trivial Pursuit game) and my epiglottis that flap that’s supposed to close off your windpipe when you swallow closes enough (most... the hyoid bone control the motion of the epiglottis. My hyoid is supposed to move up and forward further than it does. As a result, the way I understand it, the epiglottis inverts Read on »

Oh, You Lazy, SLUGGISH Epiglottis! by Bill S. Health Maven

Posted Wed 12 May 2010 10:24am because she’s not aware of any such exercises. So… my hyoid doesn’t move far enough when I swallow, but it does move BRISKLY! My epiglottis was sluggish on at least one occasion (the applesauce swallowing episode where my epiglottis didn’t even TRY to close until most of the applesauce had passed it). But the report said there was no sign of Parkinson’s disease Read on »

swelling under armpit and skin lower down left trunk to ankle swollen by anil m. Posted Mon 26 Oct 2009 11:22am left arm pit stratched, then swelling during next couple days, rash breaks out both arm and legs . swelling and pain tremendious, from left armpit downwards. called ambulance, to hospital, introduction to wide range very strong anti biotics. swelling only increases and pain. after twodays they try steroids(intraveniously) swelling stops Read on »

Dropsy by Matt S. Posted Tue 29 Jul 2008 12:00am into Mass General Hospital in the wee hours of the morn. What is "dropsy"? Dropsy--still used to describe ailments which affect marine animals such as fish or frogs (see left)--was the ancient word for edema, or total body sodium excess. Like the word "edema", dropsy does not make any distinctions between its many causes: heart failure, cirrhosis, kidney disease Read on »

Friday photoset: swell, just swell. by Cohabitaire Posted Thu 26 Aug 2010 6:40pm My husband surfs. A lot. I figured if we were to see each other regularly I should take up surfing, so three years ago I did just that. But when it’s too big for me (which is most of the time), I take photos. These were shot on a cold May morning when a large swell hit Australia’s East Coast. We took a dawn trip to Sandon Point near Wollongong Read on »

I’m Starting to Swell Up by Daria Posted Sun 12 Dec 2010 12:00am Brivanib is causing edema or swelling my feet, ankles, legs and face and must be obvious because a couple different people have mentioned my face is rounding out. Sometimes... are now getting too tight. This is not my first go-round with edema. Back in 2009 when I was on Taxotere, I got pretty swollen in my ankles and legs as well as my face. I also Read on »

Ears Swelling by heru m. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 31 Dec 1969 11:00am By pet-admin , March 25, 2010 4:28 am My Dachshund’s left ear is swollen and feels like fluid under the skin. He acts like it’s painful to touch it. No signs of infection or sores visible. Any idea what might be going on? Read on »

Can Compression Socks Reduce Lower Leg Swelling and Pains? by Neil Kao Medical Doctor

Posted Sat 13 Jun 2009 12:26am thought it would be good idea to get some more. My mom already had some because she had leg vein stripping, for varicose veins, a number of years before. She has lymph edema, meaning swollen ankles because of poor return of body fluid due to the surgery. The compression socks take care of everything, Unfortunately, hers did not fit him, so we had to look Read on »

Lots Of Swelling by Roberta Posted Wed 02 Sep 2009 7:57pm The doctor aspirated some liquid from around my incision on Friday morning, then I headed for camp. Saturday morning, It had swollen quite a bit with a hard ridge around... that will liquefy and that the swelling will subside. I have to see him next week. I stopped by a mastectomy store while looking for another business. The woman thought I looked sad and took Read on »