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	Gag reflex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The gag reflex is a reflex contraction of the back of the throat that prevents objects from entering the throat except as part of normal swallowing.
		Touching the soft palate evokes a strong gag reflex in most people, although people can train themselves to resist the gag reflex, for example to be able to perform "deep throat" oral sex, or as part of the act of sword swallowing.
		Absence of the gag reflex is a symptom of a number of severe medical conditions, one of which may be damage to the glossopharyngeal nerve.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gag_reflex (147 words)

	Reflex action - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An example is the escape reflex (e.g., the sudden withdrawal of a hand in response to a pain stimulus), or the patellar reflex (the jerking of a leg when the kneecap is tapped).
		Within the spine a reflex arc switches the signals straight back to the muscles of the body (in this case the arm or the leg) (effectors) via an intermediate nerve cell and then a motor nerve cell; contraction of the leg occurs, and the muscle contracts (the arm or leg jerks upwards).
		For a reflex, reaction time or latency is the time from the onset of a stimulus until the organism responds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reflex_action (422 words)

	The Gag Reflex
		Keaton could create gags from sequences of shots, as in his amazing trajectory gags, where he is propelled through space, a plaything of momentum, gravity, and the objects in his path.
		Gag after gag in the history of comedy depends on exploiting, rather than concealing the apparent limitations of the film frame.
		This is an extension of the flatness gag – using the limits of the screen for unrealistic pleasure.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/04/33/the_gag_reflex.html (3145 words)

	Brigham Young University Law Review: Establishment Clause Gag Reflex, The (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Establishment Clause gag reflex is an instinctive intellectual revulsion to the possibility of particular resolutions of Establishment Clause cases.
		In medical terms, the "gag reflex" refers to the normal choking or retching reflex "caused especially] by stimulation (as by touch) of the pharynx."1 The term derives from the verb "to gag," which means to nauseate or to choke,2 combined with the noun "reflex," which refers, among other things, to "an act.
		A constitutional gag reflex would refer to the instinctive intellectual revulsion one might feel in response to the doctrine or holding of a case.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3736/is_200401/ai_n9466298 (845 words)

	Dysphagia Program - St. Martha's R. H.
		Note that observation of presence or absence of the gag reflex is not used as part of the clinical assessment.
		Presence or absence of a gag reflex is not a predictor of swallowing safety.
		Coughing, the protective reflex for aspiration, was not observed in response to aspiration in the majority of cases.
	www.theberries.ns.ca /Archives/Dysphagia.html (515 words)

	Hyperactive gag reflex (9 months)
		In fact, she gags when anything but my breast is in her mouth.
		In addition to the strong gag reflex, she still exhibits a tongue thrust.
		Because of the hyperactive gag response, babies may severely restrict the variety of food textures in their mouth, which further perpetuates the sensory deprivation and the oral sensitivity.
	parenting.ivillage.com /baby/bnutrition/0,,3vvg,00.html (647 words)

	Gagging During Dental Treatment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A bad gag reflex is so common that all dentists will have experience with this and should have developed ways of helping you cope with it.
		Some people gag because they have been abused in the past (see our page for abuse survivors and their dentists).
		A severe gag reflex can be big obstacle for some people who need dentures.
	www.dentalfearcentral.com /gagging_dentist.html (1689 words)

	ESC: Lack of Gag Reflex in Acute Stroke Patients May Predict Need for Gastrostomy Tube (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Some thinking suggests we should test their gag reflex, [the idea being that] if they don't, then they won't be able to swallow.
		The researchers conducted regression analysis to determine whether the lack of a gag reflex affected a patient's need for PEG, the discharge Barthel Index, where patients were discharged to, or mortality.
		The sensitivity of a lack of the gag reflex for detecting dysphagia was a low 0.39, although specificity was 0.96.
	www.pslgroup.com /dg/2334ee.htm (551 words)

	BestBETs: The gag reflex is a poor discriminator for the nee...
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		Gag reflex may be significantly attenuated or absent at all levels of GCS.
		The high incidence of absence of the gag reflex in normal volunteers argues against its usefulness as a specific predictor of need for intubation.
	www.bestbets.org /cgi-bin/bets.pl?record=00069 (392 words)

	Acupuncture May Cure Gag Reflex in Dental Patients. Acupuncture Today, September 2001
		All of the subjects were rated either a four or five (out of five points) on the Gagging Severity Index, making conventional treatment impossible and having an adverse affect on their ability to seek a dentist for care.
		Prior to referral, six people were able to receive treatment only with intravenous sedation; two were unable to receive treatment because of their gag reflexes; and two had avoided dental care altogether out of fear.
		Because the study was based on the results of a group of clinical cases and not a planned, controlled clinical trial, Fiske and her team stopped short of labeling ear acupuncture as a cure for the dental gag reflex.
	www.acupuncturetoday.com /archives2001/sep/09dental.html (1084 words)

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		Gag Reflex can bring their own lighting equipment, too.
		Gag Reflex has six permanent members who rotate in and out of traveling shows.
		This technician is paid by Gag Reflex and provided at no additional charge to you.
	www.bwatersmedia.com /reflexologybookinfo.htm (584 words)

	[DYSPHAGIA] RE: Gag reflex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Steven Leder, among others, published two studies (1996, 1997) in which it was concluded that having a gag reflex does not necessarily protect against aspiration and the absence of a gag does not predict aspiration.
		Basically, there is NO relationship between a gag reflex and a person's ability to swallow and/or protect their airway effectively.
		I still believe that it is necessary to assess the presence or absence of a gag reflex to attribute some evidence to the integrity of CN IX and X if indeed the patient had a gag reflex prior to insult.
	list.dysphagia.com /dysphagia/2000-April/msg00077.html (254 words)

	Acubriefs Review Search Results
		The specific etiology of an exaggerated gag reflex is often lacking.
		Using the Gagging Prevention Index (GPI) for 8 people involving 23 episodes of treatment, the score was 1, with the reflex obtunded and dental procedures carried out successfully.
		Ear acupuncture was 100% effective in controlling the gag reflex in the 10 cases reviewed; it was not necessary to compromise dental treatment.
	www.acubriefs.com /wkstone/webkeystone.py?Profile=ABarticles/search_whole_review.prof&ReviewID=172&UserID=biz_acubriefs (403 words)

	SSRN-The Establishment Clause Gag Reflex by Frederick Gedicks
		A constitutional gag reflex refers to the instinctive intellectual revulsion one might feel in response to the doctrine or holding of a case.
		However, whereas the parade of horribles derives its rhetorical force as much from the length of the parade as from its participants, the constitutional gag reflex is triggered by a sole potentiality whose singular undesirability is so obvious that its mere possibility causes one instinctively to shudder, albeit intellectually.
		The Establishment Clause gag reflex, then, is an instinctive intellectual revulsion to the possibility of particular resolutions of Establishment Clause cases.
	papers.ssrn.com /sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=606005 (567 words)

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		Gag’s second performance this fall proved a success for the audience and as the performers themselves.
		A typical Gag show incorporates two to three monologues, performed in order to give the group as many options as possible with which to construct different scenes.
		Ultimately, Gag’s success on Friday night was borne from the jovial and energetic atmosphere that began as they entered singing the fight song and ended in their final chaotic but hysterical sky diving scene.
	www.wesleyan.edu /argus/archives/nov122002/dateyear/a4.html (707 words)

	Biol 2401 Anatomy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Reflexes are rapid, predictable, involuntary motor responses to stimuli, they are mediated over neural pathways called reflex arcs.
		Reflex testing is a diagnostic tool for assessing the condition of the nervous system.
		Distorted, exaggerated or absent reflex responses may indicate degeneration or pathology of the NS Spinal cord injury, reflex tests help pinpoint the are or level of injury.
	www.accd.edu /pac/science/hopper/Biol2401/LabUnit4/Reflexes.htm (576 words)

	Mr. Discount Drugs - Compounding : Dentistry : Supressing the Gag Reflex
		Compounding : Dentistry : Supressing the Gag Reflex
		The gag reflex can cause a patient considerable discomfort as well as interfere with dental procedures.
		An electrolyte tablet administered and retained intraorally a few minutes before the start of a procedure can suppress the gag reflex, allowing a mandibular block to be given with much greater ease, which further reduces the gagging reflex.
	www.mrdiscountdrugs.com /compounding_dentistry_gag.htm (117 words)

	GagBlog: New Revue, Venue for Gag Reflex Austin
		Gag Reflex Austin will present their newest sketch comedy revue, "MY BIG, FAT, GAY WEDDING (or: Seven Brothers for Seven Brothers)" at 8pm Saturday, June 12 at Arts on Real, 2826 Real Street in Austin, one mile east of I-35 off MLK Blvd. Tickets are $10 each.
		This time out, Gag Reflex turns its eclectic, pointed pens toward — among other targets — same-sex marriage, office politics, invasion of privacy, after-school specials, legalese, outsourcing, Raisin Bran and terminal illness.
		In addition to Askew and Fontenot, the Gag Reflex Austin cast includes Jed "Dino" Duesler, Rose Mitchell, co-founder Joe Stafford and director Dale Roe.
	www.gagplanet.com /2004/06/new-revue-venue-for-gag-reflex-austin.html (298 words)

	Gag Reflex
		Hyperactive gag reflex is an extreme oropharyngeal response to stimulation resulting in pharyngeal and velar contractions - resulting in 'gagging'.
		Another option would be to put this fellow in the pool with a snorkel and have him swim laps forever until the gag reflex goes away.
		Fiske J, Dickinson C. The role of acupuncture in controlling the gagging reflex using a review of ten cases.
	www.scuba-doc.com /Gagrflx.htm (948 words)

	Northern Star Online \| weekENDER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Gag Reflex, a six-person comedy group, has performed at them all.
		Gag Reflex is a musical and sketch comedy group from suburban Chicago, Illinois.
		Gag Reflex had its debut at the Copley Theater in Aurora in 1993 with the show “Jurassic Pork (or Man, Is My Dino Sore!)”
	www.star.niu.edu /weekender/030603/gag.asp (478 words)

	SWALLOWING and THE GAG REFLEX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Often in the clinical setting patients are referred to speech and language therapists (SLT) for assessment or the gag reflex is used a proxy.
		We asked medical and nursing staff in England and New Zealand about the relationship of the gag reflex to the presence of dysphagia, whether they could assess the swallow and who should asses the swallow initially.
		Despite the evidence to the contrary some nurses and doctors still consider the gag reflex to be a proxy swallow assessment.
	www.basp.ac.uk /reddywith.htm (277 words)

	gag reflex and excessive vomiting :: The Doctors Lounge(TM)
		I have always had a problem with Vomiting and an easy gag reflex.
		When I was young, I would only gag or vomit when I was excessively tire or when I had a lot of flem in my throat.
		It has gotten to the point that it is difficut for me to even go out running because I will experience gagging "convulsions" where I can't stop gagging for nearly a minute or so.
	www.thedoctorslounge.net /forums/viewtopic.php?t=526 (751 words)

	THE GAG REFLEX: A MARKER OF DYSPHAGIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Swallow was tested with a bedside assessment and the gag reflex noted.
		The association identified with an absent gag reflex lends support to previous studies suggesting that absent gag may be associated with long-term swallowing problems.
		An absent gag reflex, previous stroke and neglect may predict long-term tube feeding in acute stroke patients, independent of stroke severity.
	www.bsrg.ac.uk /ramsey.htm (271 words)

	Can someone regain their gag reflex? \| Ask MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Usually people who have "no gag reflex" haven't lost the ability to gag, they can just relax their throat in a way that their gag reflex isn't triggered.
		Seriously though, I thought that your gag reflex had to do with the valve that closes your larynx when you swallow so you don't swallow food or water.
		A sword swallower is not jamming a sword down into his lungs so he's not triggering the gag reflex.
	ask.metafilter.com /mefi/25338 (543 words)

	Editorial: Gag reflex
		In one of his first actions as president, he took the nation back to the future by reinstating the gag rule on international family planning funds that had been in place when his father left office in 1993.
		Any organization that provides abortions or counsels a woman on the availability of abortion or lobbies its government on the subject of abortion will be ineligible for U.S. family planning dollars.
		Organizations that do not agree to be gagged will refuse the funds and thus limit their ability to deliver the life-saving health-care and family planning services that the dollars buy.
	www.post-gazette.com /forum/20010125edgag3.asp (214 words)

	Pager Forum - General, Beginners and Infants - severe gag reflex and feeding issues
		We've forced a piece (I know....bad mother) into his mouth and tried to show him, it was good....those veggie puffs don't even require chewing, and he gags and then coughs, chokes even vomits sometimes as soon as it touches his lip or gets into his mouth.
		It is really important to just keeping the feedings calm and go at his pace right now b/c gagging behavior can easily go from a physical response to emotional response.
		Gagging is often a response to reflux episodes and gagging may continue regardless how long you try to work on a feeding skill even with intervening therapy.
	www.reflux.org /reflux/webdsc01.nsf/vwID/VASV-6JBSXV?OpenDocument (1000 words)

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	Welcome to Roberta Roberts Mittman L.Ac.
		NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who gag at the very thought of going to the dentist may find some hope in acupuncture, if they do not mind having needles stuck on their ears.
		In a study of 1 0 patients whose gagging kept them out of the dentist's chair, investigators found that giving them acupuncture allowed the patients to get through procedures ranging from tooth extraction to tongue biopsy.
		Among the IO patients, severe gagging had caused two to avoid dental care altogether, and six could receive treatment only if they were sedated.
	www.robertamittman.com /acupuncture/articles/acuartdental.html (486 words)

	The Purgatorium - Gag-Reflex Permapost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Also, the position of your tounge matters....it should me kind of in the position it would be in mid-gag BEFORE touching your gag reflex.
		You get your gag reflex back by giving it a rest for a few days.
		Sometimes the food gags me on the way out and I end up with a heave too, which is nice.
	purgatorium.livejournal.com /139484.html (1701 words)

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