Subj : Re: Question for Doc Sharon (and any other doctors out there)
To   : alt.tv.er
From : Dropping The Helicopter
Date : Fri Sep 16 2005 00:02:23

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er

Darren Thornton wrote:

>      Two,  what can you do about dry mouth, especially at night?

I'm not a doctor, but I hope to one day play one on TV, since ER will 
apparently hire literally anybody to play a doctor these days (q.v. 
Leguizamo).  So take this for what its worth, no warranty, and you do it 
at your own risk:

Is your mouth dry because you're mouth-breathing?  In the winter time, 
my nose tends to clog up with bloody boogers when I'm sleeping (yeah, 
lovely, I know) and I end up mouth-breathing, which of course will dry 
the mouth.

I found the solution to this problem on the "Internet" (I hadn't heard 
of it either, but I guess it's something they have on computers now). 
Before bed, blow your nose, take a Q-tip, put a gob of Neosporin on it, 
and smear it around the inside of your nasal passages.  You'll 
nose-breathe as the good Lord intended all night.  I know, I know, it 
sounds crazy and yucky, but it works awesomely for me.  I was expecting 
it to sting or burn, but it doesn't.  The worst side effect is that it 
feels like you have neosporin in your nose; believe me, it's a fair trade.

Just be careful; I don't know what you might damage up in there, but 
don't be pushing real hard regardless.  Once or twice I've been a bit 
too aggressive and hit an extra-sensitive spot, and boy does that shake 
out the ol' CNS!

> Someone wrote to a medical column about sticking a Tic Tac between cheek
> and gum. 

That sounds like a good way to choke to death in your sleep.  And/or a 
good ER episode (which will of course never get written)!

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