Questions tagged [saliva]
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If a rabid wolf bites your head and you have recently been vaccinated against rabies, will you still develop the disease?
I have read that if a large rabid animal bites your head, the post-exposure treatment can be ineffective:
...a bite near the head will make the disease act too fast for the treatment to take effect....
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Safe way to increase salivation at night/during sleep
While sleeping salivation is usually decreased.
If you are sleeping and have a blocked nasal tract (rhinitis, allergies) or just an open mouth you further dry out your mouth. Other causes might also ...
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Can I continue to eat a cereal my cat ate out of?
So this morning I eating cereal (lucky charms) and the batteries to my remote were running low so I went to go change them, leaving my cereal in my room. When I came back my kitten around 3 or 4 ...
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Mammals instinctively lick their wounds. There are benefits and risks. If your immune system is healthy, is it wise to lick your wounds?
Wikipedia writes:
Wound licking is an instinctive response in humans and many other animals to lick an injury. Dogs, cats, small rodents and primates all lick wounds.[1] Saliva contains tissue ...
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Why saliva comes out of my mouth during sleeping?
Why saliva comes out of my mouth during sleeping ? Usually saliva does not disturbs me but, I am disturbed due do to saliva during sleeping.
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Does the saliva of a person just recovered from an infectious disease help to cure another persons having the same disease?
I have always had this 'weird' thought (But could never quite test it...). Would the saliva contain antibodies, or other immuno-boosting substances that can help fight off the same pathogen in another ...
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Metallic taste and excessive salivation before vomiting
Is it normal to salivate profusely and have a strong bloody metalic taste before vomiting? This is coupled with orange yellow liquid vomit that also seems to have clear mucus mixed in. This is after ...
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Is saliva safe as a sexual lubricant for male masturbation?
I normally masturbate by licking my hand and using the saliva as a lube, because I'm circumcised and the thrusting motion I actually don't like—it can tear my penis skin since it's too tense.
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How to treat Dry-Mouth (side-effect of medication)? [closed]
Dr. prescribed medication that he noted had a common side-effect of dry-mouth.
Sure enough, it's a common side-effect!! Even though I drink water like a fish, my mouth was still like the Sahara. I ...
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Testing pH levels through urine or saliva
I am attempting to discover the role of pH in contributing to my mysteriously fluctuating chronic symptoms, including small and large intestine problems (apparent Candida, SIBO, etc.), male ...
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Is the spit test for candida legitimate?
My friend sent me a test to determine if one has too much candida. I called her gullible and she got mad and sent me several other sites which amounted to the same thing, like http://www....
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How to prevent sialolithiasis (salivary gland stones) from re-occurring [closed]
Sialolithiasis is a condition where stones (calculi) form in the salivary glands or ducts, blocking the saliva from coming out.
I recently had two stones surgically removed from the beginning of the ...
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