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To: "VOCALIST" <vocalist>
Subject: MED: reflux & calculated risks
Date sent: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 11:50:06 -0700
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Naomi asked about 'cheating' on her reflux problems.
Anything that encourages excess acid production or allows the actual reflux
in a person who has been suffering from GERD will cause the same problems
you have been working so hard to control. The upper end of the esophagus and
some of the pharyngeal area - particularly the arytenoid cartileges become
inflamed (burned with the acid) and you are back where you started. It can
easily take up to six weeks for acid-burned tissue to get normal enough for
you to feel like your singing is 100 percent.

But then again, it's chocolate :-)
Moderation in all things. "Control" of an acid problem is not the same thing
as a "cure". Most singers have to be continually vigilant about reflux.

Dr. Candace Magner (DMA, not MD)
University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Dept of Fine Arts / Music
magner-at-la.unm.edu Homepage http://www.vocalist.org/magner
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