How to choose a stop snoring technique that works for me
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Little Known Facts That Could Affect Your Stop Snoring Choice
The IJustWantTo Correct My Tongue Thrust Program accomplishes two major changes to help you stop snoring:
- It trains the tongue to “live” on the roof of the mouth to keep it from blocking the airway and
- This results in nose breathing instead of mouth-breathing while sleeping.
How Coughing and Snoring are Related
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17-year-old Betty was referred for speech therapy by her otolaryngologist because she had a hoarse voice and was coughing whenever she ate. Inspection of the vocal cords by her doctor revealed that everything looked normal.
When I met Betty, her voice sounded normal. It was not hoarse. I asked her to describe to me her major complaint about anything from the neck up. She quickly answered, saying that when she raises her tongue up and when she swallows, there is a sharp pain at the back of her tongue. This was an unusual symptom of something, but I didn’t know what. Time to discover what it was!
Then I asked Betty about her coughing. Initially, she said that she coughed more on liquids than food and she coughed all the time. I asked her to drink some water but she didn’t cough. Specifics are so important when trying to diagnose a problem. More questions revealed the truth: Betty gets choked on her saliva, not on food or drinks. Now I needed to find out why…
The Dangers of Nighttime Dry Mouth
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We have all experienced it at one point or another. We wake up with a dry mouth and scratchy throat. It may feel like a minor and subjective condition but dry mouth, especially if it becomes a regular occurrence, is more than an inconvenience. It can mark a real medical issue.
The Dangers of Nighttime Dry Mouth
Our saliva performs the critical task of moistening food for easier digestion and keeping the teeth and gums healthy by neutralizing plaque and acids produced by food. It contains the enzyme amylase and phosphorus fluoride that strengthens tooth enamel, protecting it from tooth decay.
When Should My Child Visit the Dentist?
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There is no manual for parenting. Of course, there are many books, but you’ll find as many opinions in them as you will helpful advice. Parenting may feel like an onslaught of questions, but you often have to do your own research to find the answers.
One question parents often ask is when a child should visit the dentist. We’ll answer that question in this article, so you can be armed with the knowledge you need to help care for your child’s dental care and speech.
How Much Time Does It Take to Beat Tongue Thrust?
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Do you ever feel like the domino effect is a significant part of your day-to-day life? Our days are so tightly orchestrated that one seemingly minor incident, such as leaving the house five minutes late, can have profound impacts all the way until bedtime.
When it comes to health and wellness, today, people are thinking about it holistically. In other words, one part of our wellness can have a domino effect on every other aspect. That means that your diet can affect your mental health, your mind can impact your physical fitness, and so on. We invest time, money, and energy in working on every aspect of our well-being.
Knowing how one part of your life can affect others should motivate us to take steps to correct issues such as a tongue thrust.
- 5 Important Reasons You Should Stop Mouth Breathing Today
- Who Is Susceptible to Tongue Thrust?
- There’s Something Wrong with My Tongue
- Are you not getting enough sleep or “somnorexic?”
- Why Is My Mouth So Dry When I Wake Up?
- What is So Bad About Breathing Through Your Mouth
- Can the IJustWantTo Correct My Tongue Thrust program REALLY help me stop my snoring?
