| | From: "Nande" <denanny@h...>
"Nande" <denanny@h...>
Date: Tue Feb 20, 2001 5:36 pm
Subject: Re: Taste of blood (Poor vocal technique?)
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Gina,
Gross graphic forgiven, thanx for the input. I have had no other
symptoms (on the contrary!), only this taste. I guess I was worried
over nothing; the way you put it, it sounds like more people (have)
experience(d) this.
Thanx,
Nande
--- In vocalist-temporary@y..., Gina <vocalist-temporary@y..., Gina < >
> Tasting blood may be just a slight drainage from the sinuses into
the
> back of the throat. It could be the breaking of small capillaries
in
> either the throat or nasal passages. May be due to dryness,
allergies
> or a cold. I suppose it could be due to vocal straining, but I
have no
> experience with this phenomenon. Difficult to tell if it is
anything
> more serious without getting an examination by a physician or doing
as
> Jerome Hines recommends and looking at the cords themselves. Other
> signs of wounded cords would be present... hoarseness, loss of
range,
> difficulty initiating tones, raspiness, and on a consistent basis.
> Bleeding cords would have to be due to a burst blood vessel or polyp
> that burst and I doubt you'd taste that. More likely it came from
above
> and dripped down. Sorry about the gross graphic.
>
> Gina
>
>
> > The first post in the current belt-discussion, featured a girl who
> > had sensations of the taste of blood in combination with singing.
> > This scared me a little; I had no idea this was even possible.
> > Unfortunately, there were no comments on this particular
> > phenomenon....
> > So: my question: is it really possible to end up bleeding (and
> > perhaps wounding the cords severely)? Or is it just a sensation
and
> > not really blood?
> > I'm curious because I too have had this experience in the past,
> > before I started taking serious lessons, and it scared me
senseless.
> > But then I forgot about it, until I read this post......
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