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Broken Tooth or Dental Appliance First Aid

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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Recovering in the Hospital

… take deep breaths. Taking deep breaths is the only way to use your lungs to full capacity. If you fail to take … stay, you should regain your full lung capacity. As you use the spirometer, your nurse or respiratory therapist will … side effects. Two of the most unpleasant side effects are nausea and constipation. While nausea will soon wear off, your …

Oral Breathing Devices for Sleep Apnea and Snoring

… swallowing. Discomfort, especially in the morning. Because the devices can be uncomfortable, people tend not to use them over the long term. Damage to teeth, soft tissues … mild discomfort should become less bothersome with regular use. Sleep Apnea Current as of: …

Asthma Overuse of Quick-Relief Medicines

… Asthma: Overuse of Quick-Relief Medicines On this page: Overview Related … reduce symptoms. For this reason, people sometimes overuse them instead of adding the slower-acting, long-term medicines. Overuse of quick-relief medicines may be harmful. If you overuse …

Object Stuck in the Throat

Dry Coughs

… clear or that occur without other symptoms may be caused by a variety of health problems. Some people start … when they breathe very dry, heated air. This can be caused by environmental irritation or allergies. This type of … when you first turn on your furnace in the fall, because dust and other irritants that have collected over the …

Objects in the Nose

… may also be tender and swollen. Some objects in the nose cause more problems than others. Disc batteries (also called … be removed right away. The moist tissue in the nose can cause the battery to release strong chemicals (alkali) quickly, often in less than 1 hour . This can cause serious damage to the sensitive mucous membranes that …

Hyperventilation

… breathing that is deeper and more rapid than normal. It causes a decrease in the amount of a gas in the blood. (This … or feet, anxiety , fainting, and sore chest muscles. Some causes of sudden hyperventilation include anxiety, fever, some … exercise, and emotional stress . It also can occur because of problems caused by asthma or emphysema or after a …

Sputum Culture

… to find germs (such as bacteria or a fungus ) that can cause an infection. A sample of sputum is added to a substance … no germs grow, the culture is negative. If germs that can cause infection grow, the culture is positive. The type of … See if treatment is working. How To Prepare Do not use mouthwash before you collect your sputum sample. Some …

Nuclear Medicine Scan

… page: Test Overview Test Overview Radioactive tracers are used in imaging tests that help find problems inside the … collect in a certain organ or area. The types of tests that use radioactive tracers include positron emission tomography … That's the case even with the low-level radioactive tracer used for this test. But the chance of damage is very low …