What is in our Vitamins? Featuring Avenleigh (5 yo)
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Avenleigh wants to know what is in our vitamins and why do we take them, so she asks the pharmacist!
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Episode 117 - Voice Troubles
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Laryngitis, known as inflammation of the larynx, is the most common cause of hoarseness and voice loss. It is very common in viral infections, such as a cold, flu, or adenovirus. Acute laryngitis is caused by an illness, while chronic laryngitis may be a secondary symptom of another problem.
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Episode 116 - Voice
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Notes coming soon!
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Episode 115 - Gag Reflex
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The gag reflex, as well as other pharyngeal reflexes, protect you from choking and ingesting improper things. If it does not follow the proper swallowing procedure, rarely does it get permission to enter.
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Episode 114 - Bad Breath
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Halitosis, aka bad breath, can have many causes. Some bad breath you can prevent with the choices you make, but some bad breath can be a sign of a more serious issue or disease.
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Episode 113 - Dysphagia
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While dysphagia can be very uncomfortable and lead to some unwanted side effects, the biggest concern is with the risk of aspiration, or breathing food or drink into the lungs, that leads to pneumonia.
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Episode 112 - Swallowing
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You never think to swallow until you start talking about swallowing. The voluntary swallowing process must be initiated before the involuntary swallowing reflexes take over. This includes when you go to the dentist and while you are sleeping!
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Episode 111 - Tonsillectomy
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The what, why, and how of a tonsillectomy. While a tonsillectomy is a frequent surgery for kids and adults, it is still surgery and requires preparation and care before during and after.
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Episode 110 - Tonsils
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Your tonsils are in the back of your throat. You can see them, you can feel them. They help protect you but can be a big pain while they do it.
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Episode 109 - Metallic Taste
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Over 250 medications can causes changes in taste. A metallic taste is the most common. Some are secreted in the saliva, others disrupt receptors or signals.
info_outlineNose issues that cause your breathing to fail
- Congestion from allergies, viruses, or infections.
- Deviated septum - the septum (the bone that separates the nasal cavity and divides your nostrils) can get crooked and change the size and access of the nostrils or nasal cavity. Can be from trauma, or may gradually get crooked from chronic pressure.
- Turbinate Hypertrophy - over-growth of tissue covering the turbinates (tissue-covered bones that add warmth and moisture to the air you breathe). This can lead to snoring. May be treated by steroid nasal sprays or surgery to remove extra tissue.
- Nasal Polyps - uneven overgrowth of mucus membranes (symptoms may be runny nose, post-nasal drip, stuffiness). They are not cancerous. Treated by snipping them out.
- Sinus cancer - a single growing tumor that causes bulging, either around the eye, face, or mouth.
Nose issues that cause your smelling to fail
- Age
- Deviated septum (see above)
- Polyps (see above)
- Chronic sinus infections - the smelling sensors are inflamed or covered with mucus so much that they become damaged or less sensitive.
- Smoking - smoke and toxins can damage smelling receptors in your nose. Also, the receptors become so clogged up with smoke and tobacco molecules that there's no room for other molecules to be detected. This can be temporary or permanent.
Nosebleeds
- In kids, this is usually from trauma (either bumps and bonks or picking). Can also be caused by dry air in the wintertime (use vaseline in the nostrils).
- In adults, can be from hypertension (high blood pressure) or chronic use of blood thinners.
PSA: Treatment for a nosebleed: DO NOT tip your head backwards!!!!! It makes you swallow that blood! THAT'S GROSS!! Proper treatment: pinch the nose and tip the head forward. This allows a clot to form and clots stop the bleeding.
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