Friday, April 3, 2009

Dysphagia with J and J 101

Jayne was teaching me all about dysphagia which is pretty interesting.

jayner342
14:17
ok so when u swallow your epiglottis which is this flap above the larynx inverts to cover your vocal folds and trachea so you dont choke, well if that flap doesnt work or if the hyoid bone which moves that flap doesnt work then you aspirate which means food either hits your vocal folds or when its real bad goes below your vocal folds and then eventually into your lungs
so then u have food or liquid in your lungs
which causes pneumonia
and hten you die
D
I
E
die

ghersdog
14:18
hahahahaha
oh my lord
gross

jayner342
14:19
haha

ghersdog
14:19
cant u remove the food from there?
jayner342
14:19
no maam

ghersdog
14:19
no way!

jayner342
14:19
but u can take meds i think to help
like it does something down there but thats when the pulminologist steps in and i step out so i have no idea

ghersdog
14:19
but what if like u accdientally swallow while berathing (which has happeend) and u get liek a little green pea in there
does that mean that the rest of ur life u will live it with a little pea in your throat?
jayner342
14:20
ok well usually during the 2nd phase of swallowing u have a period of apnea which is when you stop breathing for a split second to swallow
but if that function is not intact hopefully youve chewed the pea first
and your epiglottis is functioning

ghersdog
14:20
what if i haven't!!!!!!

jayner342
14:20
hahaha
uhhh
i guess you have pea chunks in there
theres no way though

ghersdog
14:20
ok
that's cool though

*This is when I decided to stop working on my radio spot and start making Jayne an arts and crafts project. I had the idea in my head instantly and then Jayne said this.

jayner342
14:21
not if you have a pea floating in your lung
hahaha
i pictured it
in an xray
boucning around

ghersdog
14:21
i knooooow



In order to make this blog more educational, but more secretely just so I can have something to blog about, I think I will start teaching you guys some more stuffs (stuff with an s!) through the art of ichat+arts'ncrafts. Get your pants excited!

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