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Thread #68140 Message #1144778
Posted By: Steve Parkes
24-Mar-04 - 09:10 AM
Thread Name: Voice - stomach acids may have low odor
Subject: RE: Voice - stomach acids may have low odor
There's been another thread(s?) related to gastric reflux (GR), I think. I have a hiatus hernia, where the oesophogeal sphincter has moved up through the diaphragm and ... after that it gets gruesome!
The only answer (unless it's life-threatening, in which case you can have surgery) is don't eat or drink anything within several hours of going to bed (only trial and error will determine how many; it's about three or four for me), and in particular, ease off on caffeine, alcohol, chocolate, nicotine ... and try to find a reason to continue living!
I also snore a lot, due to constricted nasal pasages. I had surgery for that, but it gradually got worse again. Snoring is life-threatening -- if you share a bedroom. Alcohol makes it worse, by relaxing the musces more (and that goes for the GR too), even after a measly pint at lunchtime (which makes me all the more wary of the dangers of drinking and driving, even if ever so little the night before). Sleep apnoea is bad for you, as it deprives you of oxygen; it can cause death if you're really unlucky, even if you don't have a partner who's tempted to hold the pilow over your mouth. It can make you dribble in your sleep too, which is pretty yucky in itself, but it can also lead to a heavy build-up of plaque on your teeth: unsighlty and expensive to have removed.
I think it's only the singing that makes it worth carrying on!
Steve