Subj : Re: Question for Doc Sharon (and any other doctors out there)
To   : alt.tv.er
From : KL
Date : Fri Sep 16 2005 15:54:20

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er

on 9/15/2005 6:02 PM Dropping The Helicopter said the following:
> 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)!

Actually, they do have some OTC stuff that helps with keeping your mouth 
from being dry....can't remember the name of it though...

-- 

KL

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