Eat, drink and be merry. And thank your epiglottis, themarvelous flap of cartilage in your throat that makes the first twoacts possible. Make that all three: If you couldn’t eat or drink,you wouldn’t ...

Swallowing is one of the most obvious functions the epiglottis serves because it covers the airway, or larynx, when you eat and drink. When you swallow, the muscles in your throat respond by pulling ...

Table 1 shows the distribution of sex, class, height, and duration of practice in the emergency department of the 32 participants. Of the 32 participants, 26, 4, and 4, were attending physicians, ...

Dear Dr. Johnson: Is there a kind of sore throat that can be dangerous –so much so that doctors don`t even like to examine the throat? A friend was telling me about this, but I don`t know if I believe ...

Comedian Sarah Silverman has indicated that she is "insanely lucky to be alive" after being hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) with epiglottitis. You may be asking, hospitalized with what?

Jeannie Mai surprised fans on Monday, Nov. 2 when she revealed that she’ll need to leave Dancing with the Stars due to a recently-diagnosed health condition. The Real co-host made the announcement via ...

"Two techniques are currently used (to correct an entrapped epiglottis): the transnasal axial division (a slice in the center of the tissue to relieve the entrapment) under general anesthesia using a ...

Omaha Beach, the odds-on favorite to win the Kentucky Derby this weekend, is officially a scratch. The colt had been tagged as the 4-1 favorite. According to Yahoo Sports, “Omaha Beach reportedly was ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Q How does the epiglottis distinguish among food, water and air? — Molly Torinus A Molly Knigge, swallowing specialist and speech ...