Infobox Disease Name Juvenile primary lateral sclerosis Image Caption DiseasesDB ICD10 ICD9 ICDO OMIM 606353 MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic MeshName MeshNumber Juvenile primary lateral sclerosis JPLS , also known as primary lateral sclerois PLSJ , is a rare genetic disorder , with a small number of reported cases, characterized by progressive weakness and stiffness of muscles in the arms, legs, and face. The disorder damages motor neurons , which are specialized nerve cell s in the brain and spinal cord that control muscle movement. Symptoms and progression Symptoms of JPLS begin in early childhood and progress over a period of 15 to 20 years. Early symptoms include clumsiness , muscle spasms , weakness and stiffness in the legs, and difficulty with balance. As symptoms progress, they become more serious and include weakness and stiffness in the arms and hands, slurred speech, drooling, difficulty swallowing, and an inability to walk. Genetics Image autorecessive.svg thumb upright Juvenile Primary Lateral Sclerosis has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance, meaning both copies of the gene in each cell are altered. Juvenile Primary Lateral Sclerosis is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern, which means two copies of the gene in each cell are altered. Most often, parents of affected individuals each carry one copy of the altered gene, but do not show any signs or symptoms. Mutations in the ALS2 gene, found on Chromosome 2 , are responsible for causing Juvenile Primary Lateral Sclerosis. The ALS2 gene provides instructions for making a protein called alsin . Alsin is abundant in motor neurons,but its function is not fully understood. Mutations in the ALS2 gene in this disorder disrupt the instructions for producing alsin. As a result, alsin is unstable and decays rapidly, or it is disabled and cannot function properly. It is currently unknown how the loss of functional alsin protein causes the death of motor neurons and the symptoms of juvenile ... more details
Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Mike Moya image caption Mike Moya at Cirque Royal, Bruxelles in 2011 instrument Electric guitar Guitar , singing vocals , piano , organ music organ , tapes genre Experimental rock occupation Musician years active 1994 present label Kranky Records Kranky , Constellation Records Constellation associated acts Godspeed You Black Emperor br Set Fire to Flames br Molasses br H A website notable instruments background solo singer Mike Moya is a Canadian rock music rock musician . He is one of the founding members ref Cite web url http www.cstrecords.com bands godspeedyou.html title Godspeed You Black Emperor biography accessdate 2006 12 23 publisher Constellation Records year 2006 author Constellation Records work Bands Index Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref of Godspeed You Black Emperor . He left the band in 1998 to concentrate on his other bands Molasses, Set Fire to Flames and H A . He was part of the live band of labelmate Elizabeth Anka Vajagic. Godspeed You Black Emperor Together with Efrim Menuck and Mauro Pezzente , Moya formed Godspeed You Black Emperor in the early 1990s. He contributed guitar to the band s 1997 debut album F A and their follow up Extended play EP Slow Riot for New Zer Kanada , but left the group in 1998, before the EP was released. Additionally, his vocals can be heard in the opening moments of the song Antennas to Heaven, from the group s 2001 release Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven . Moya will be participating in the band s reunion. Other projects After leaving Godspeed, Moya performed with a variety of other ensembles, including Molasses band Molasses and Set Fire to Flames . He currently fronts the group H A . Discography Godspeed You Black Emperor All Lights Fucked on the Hairy Amp Drooling demo 1994 F A 1997, Constellation Records aMAZEzine 7 1998, aMAZEzine Slow Riot for New Zer Kanada EP 1999, Constellation Molasses You ll Never Be Well No M ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Sanhedrin 1994 1997 Type Album Longtype Artist John Zorn Cover Sanhedrin 1994 1997.jpg Cover size Caption Released March 22, 2005 Recorded 1994 1997 Genre Jazz Length 153 07 Language Label Tzadik Records Tzadik Director Producer John Zorn Chronology Masada band Masada Last album 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 7 br 2004 This album Sanhedrin 1994 1997 br 2005 Next album Misc Sanhedrin 1994 1997 is a 2005 double album by John Zorn s Masada band Masada featuring previously unreleased studio recordings. ref http www.tzadik.com index.php?catalog 7346 2 Tzadik catalogue ref Reception The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4 stars stating This band has become one of the finest jazz ensembles of the last several decades, and there will probably come a time when folks will be drooling over any previously unreleased scraps the same way they do today over lost Thelonious Monk Monk and John Coltrane Coltrane recordings. The improvisations and interactions not to mention the dynamics can change from one performance to the next, and it s interesting to hear how these players approach the tunes on different takes. The package is lovely, with liner notes from all the bandmembers, and, of course, the playing is phenomenal . ref name Allmusic Westergaard, S. http www.allmusic.com album sanhedrin 1994 1997 unreleased studio recordings r730921 Allmusic Review accessed July 26, 2011 ref Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1Score rating 4 5 ref name Allmusic Track listing All compositions by John Zorn. Disc One Piram 6 22 Lebaoth 6 08 Idalah Abal 7 38 Midbar 5 06 Zelah 4 27 Katzatz 2 20 Abidan 6 53 Hekhal 3 07 Tannaim 8 34 Nefesh 5 40 Neshamah 7 15 Lakom 3 46 Tiferet 5 33 Evel 5 42 Disc Two Hath Arob 3 33 Mahshav 6 06 Zemer 2 36 Ne Eman 8 46 Meholalot 7 11 Kochot 5 19 Jachin 4 46 Moshav 7 26 Acharei Mot 8 50 Kilayim 3 08 Otiot 3 44 Nashim 3 50 Karet 1 25 Hashmal 3 21 Ruach 5 28 Disc 1, Tracks 1 5 Recorded Feb. 20, 1994 Di ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Infobox film name Asoo Billa image image size caption director Husnain producer writer starring Shaan Pakistan actor Shaan , Sana Nawaz Sana , Baber Ali , Naghma music cinematography editing released runtime country Pakistan language Punjabi language Punjabi budget preceded by followed by Asoo Billa is a typical Punjabi masala action revenge flick. It became a sizeable and surprising hit in 2001. The Pakistani film is directed by classic Punjabi director Husnain, who has produced films like Nikah and Naukar Tey Malik . Plot Asoo s Shaan Pakistan actor Shaan father, who works in a local godown finds that poe durr heroin is being smuggled from the godown and he being the upright, virtuous idiotic type decides that he absolutely must blow his own trumpet and go to the police to blow the whistle on the nefarious drug smuggling operation going on under his own very nose at the behest of his own employers. Asoo s dad meets a terrible fate, as the police turns out to be a party to the drug smuggling ring instead of rewarding the poor man for his civic sense and courage, thrashesand beats him to a pulp. Then the old man is fraudulently charged with the theft of Rs. 2 lac, humiliated and thrown into prison. Meanwhile a shell shocked Asoo arrives at the police station where he is told that unless he manages to get hold of the money that his father has been accused of stealing matters would get out of hand. When poor Asoo fails to turn up with the money on time the corrupt officer turns up at his home and humiliates Asoo s mother and hits her and worse causes the dupatta to fall of her head. This indignity for Asoo is the last straw and as he arrives at the Police station in a fury it is only to find his dad being pummeled into a meatball. This for young Asoo is too much to take and all of a sudden the mild mannered Asoo is transformed into a drooling, axe wielding maniac who proceeds to bludgeon to death what seems like the entire local police force. ... more details
Orphan date September 2011 Infobox comics character Wikipedia WikiProject Comics character name Foreskin Man image imagesize 250 caption Foreskin Man publisher Male Genital Mutilation bill Comics MGMbill Comics debut 2011 creators Matthew Hess alter ego Miles Hastwick full name species Human homeworld Earth alliances optional partners optional supports optional aliases optional powers Plasma flight boots cat super subcat hero villain sortkey Foreskin Man addcharcat Foreskin Man is a comic book superhero created by Matthew Hess to protest against circumcision . Fictional character biography Foreskin Man s alter ego is Miles Hastwick, a former coporate scientist now curator of the Museum of Genital Integrity . ref name Miles Hastwick cite web url http www.foreskinman.com mileshastwick.htm title Miles Hastwick publisher MGMbill accessdate September 21, 2011 author Hess, Mattew ref He is adamantly against the practice of circumcision. In the first issue, Hastwick comes up with the alter ego of Foreskin Man to fight against practicioners of and the pro circumcision lobby whom he feels have gained too much power through all of the well connected doctors and lawyers. ref name Issue 1 cite book title Foreskin Man Issue 1 publisher MGM Bill Comics author Hayes, Matthew year 2010 pages 5 ref Controversy Accusations of antisemitism The second issue of Foreskin Man , in which the hero fights against a villain named Monster Mohel drew criticism from Jewish advocacy groups including the Anti Defamation League . ref name YNet cite news url http www.ynetnews.com articles 0,7340,L 4084040,00.html title Anti circumcision comic hero anti Semitic? work YNetnews date 09 July, 2011 agency Associated Press accessdate September 21, 2011 author Lubitch, Rivkah ref Nancy Appel, the ADL s associate director, was quoted as saying, blockquote The Monster mohel has a dark complexion, hook nose and is practically drooling at the thought of apparently doing harm to a child, he even has claws on hi ... more details
26277 The Inbetweeners is back tonight And guess who they ll be drooling over this series title The Inbetweeners is back tonight And guess who they ll be drooling over this series... ref Filming in spring ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name QuAUDIOPHILIAc Type Compilation album Artist Frank Zappa Cover Zappa Quaudiophiliac.jpg Released September 14, 2004 Recorded March 1, 1970 1978 Genre Jazz fusion , hard rock , experimental rock Length 50 36 Label Barking Pumpkin Records Barking Pumpkin Producer Frank Zappa, br Dweezil Zappa Last album Joe s Domage br 2004 This album QuAUDIOPHILIAc br 2004 Next album Joe s Xmasage br 2005 Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1Score Rating 4 5 ref cite web url http www.allmusic.com album r707568 review title Quaudiophiliac Frank Zappa & 124 AllMusic first S. last Westergaard work allmusic.com year 2011 last update accessdate 22 July 2011 ref rev2 rev2Score QuAUDIOPHILIAc is a compilation album featuring music by Frank Zappa , released in 2004 by the Zappa Family Trust . It compiles recordings he made while experimenting with quadraphonic , or four channel, sound in the 1970s. Produced by Zappa, and completed by his son, Dweezil Zappa , it is his first foray into surround sound formatted music. Zappa prepared quadraphonic mixes of a number of his 1970s albums, which were left unreleased without a suitable format available on which to realize them, and QuAUDIOPHILIAc was billed as the first in a series of releases to feature this material. Several of the tracks present on QuAUDIOPHILIAc were previously unreleased, or were only available in edited form. The recordings date from as early as 1970, with Chunga Basement , a version of the title track from Chunga s Revenge 1970 . Also included are three tracks from the 1975 Royce Hall, UCLA concerts with the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Orchestra which would become Orchestral Favorites 1979 . Track listing Naval Aviation in Art? 1 34 Lumpy Gravy 1 05 Rollo 6 00 Drooling Midrange Accountants on Easter Hay 2 15 Wild Love 4 07 Ship Ahoy 5 47 Chunga Basement 11 48 Venusian Time Bandits 1 54 Waka Jawaka 13 23 Basement Music 2 2 43 Personnel Musicians Frank Zappa guitar , vocals , arrange ... more details
Philipp Rupprecht 4 September 1900 4 April 1975 was a German cartoonist best known for his antisemitic caricature s in the Nazi publication Der St rmer , under the pen name Fips. Career Born in Nuremberg , Rupprecht emigrated to Argentina in 1920 after World War I , where he worked as a waiter and a cowboy on a cattle ranch. He returned to Nuremberg around 1924, and was hired by the Fr nkische Tagespost , a newspaper linked to the German Social Democratic Party of Germany Social Democrats . When he was dispatched to cover the second Luppe Streicher trial with instructions to draw a caricature of Julius Streicher , he instead drew caricatures of Nuremberg s Mayor, Hermann Luppe , and a prominent Nuremberg Jew also involved in the trial. The cartoons were published by Der St rmer in December 1925, and Rupprecht was hired by the paper. ref name bytwerk cite book last Bytwerk first Randall L. authorlink coauthors title Julius Streicher The Man Who Persuaded a Nation to Hate Jews publisher Stein and Day year 1983 location page 56 url doi id isbn 0812828348 ref With the exception of 1927, he was the St rmer s sole regular cartoonist under the pen name of Fips until February 2, 1945, when the last edition of Der St rmer appeared, drawing thousands of antisemitic caricatures. His style changed during the course of his career, but his caricatures always depicted Jews as short, fat, ugly, unshaven, drooling, sexually perverted, bent nosed, and with piglike eyes. ref name bytwerk One depicted a despondant mother smoking while neglecting her child in a lonely rooming house, with a picture of her Jewish seducer on the floor, with the caption Everything in her has died. Rassenschande She was ruined by a Jew . ref Claudia Koonz , The Nazi Conscience , p 229 ISBN 0 674 01172 4 ref The caption Two kinds of children two kinds of human beings juxtaposed dark haired, overfed, and greedy Jewish women and children by fair haired children playing with less extravant toys. ref Claudia Koon ... more details
Craniomandibular osteopathy , also known as lion s jaw , is a developmental disease in dog s causing extensive bony changes in the mandible and skull . In this disease there is a cyclical resorption of normal bone and replacement by immature bone along the inner and outer surfaces of the affected bones. ref cite web title Craniomandibular Osteopathy work The Merck Veterinary Manual date 2006 url http www.merckvetmanual.com mvm index.jsp?cfile htm bc 91503.htm accessdate 2007 02 04 ref It usually occurs between the ages of 3 and 8 months. Breeds most commonly affected include the West Highland White Terrier , Scottish Terrier , Cairn Terrier , and Boston Terrier . ref name Ettinger 1995 cite book author Ettinger, Stephen J. Feldman, Edward C. title Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine edition 4th publisher W.B. Saunders Company year 1995 isbn 0 7216 6795 3 ref It is rare in large breed dogs, but it has been reported. ref name Huch cite journal author Huchkowsky S title Craniomandibular osteopathy in a bullmastiff journal Can Vet J volume 43 issue 11 pages 883 5 year 2002 pmid 12497967 pmc 339767 ref Symptoms include firm swelling of the jaw, drooling, pain, and difficulty eating. It is an inherited disease, especially in Westies, in which it has been recognized as an recessive gene autosomal recessive trait. ref name Hazewinkel cite web last Hazewinkel first Herman A.W. title Hereditary Skeletal Diseases in Companion Animal Practice work Proceedings of the 29th World Congress of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association date 2004 url http www.vin.com proceedings Proceedings.plx?CID WSAVA2004&PID 8729&O Generic accessdate 2006 08 26 ref Canine distemper has also been indicated as a possible cause, ref name Ettinger 1995 as has Escherichia coli E. coli infection, which could be why it is seen occasionally in large breed dogs. ref name Huch Growth of lesions will usually stop around the age of one year, and possibly regress. This timing coincides with the normal ... more details
Refimprove date June 2008 Fog fever is a misnomer, since neither is it caused by fog , nor do sufferers have a high temperature . The scientific name is Acute Bovine Pulmonary Edema ABPE . The condition occurs in hungry, typically adult cattle , having been fed on dried feed indoors, and then moved to foggage pasture fast growing, lush pasture, with high protein levels . The cattle graze on the new feed, clinical signs begin within 1 14 days and death often follows within 2 to 4 days after the appearance of clinical signs. The condition can affect up to 50 of the herd , and around 30 of affected cattle may die as a result. A similar condition has been reported on a wide variety of grasses , alfalfa , rape, kale , and turnip tops. Clinical signs The bovine experiences difficulty breathing and will do everything it can to ease this discomfort. It will try to stand with its airway as straight and extended as possible, raising its head and stretching its neck forwards. Breathing rate will increase as high as 80 breaths per minute. there may also be extension of the tongue, and drooling. The animal may grunt as it breathes and froth may form around the mouth as the condition progresses. Rectal temperature will be normal although some may show an elevated temperature from respiratory effort. ref cite web title Acute bovine pulmonary edema and emphysema work Rarnirez RR, Guadiana GS, Nev rez GAM, Trigo TFJ year 1993 url http www.medigraphic.com pdfs vetmex vm 1993 vm931h.pdf accessdate 2010 09 23 ref reference in spanish . Cause Fog fever is a result of the biochemistry of the rumen being slow to adjust to a new diet. The cattle have been fed on a low protein dried formulation indoors and the rumen is not prepared for the sudden exposure to high protein grass. Specifically, the change in diet to lush vegetation rich in L tryptophan causes a corresponding increase of the amino acid typically found in protein in the cattle stomach rumen , the level of L tryptophan in crops i ... more details
unreferenced date August 2011 Infobox single Name My World Cover My World.jpg Artist Bee Gees Album Released January 1972 B side On Time song On Time Format 7 Recorded October 13, 1971 br IBC Studios , London , England Genre Pop music Pop Length 4 20 Label UK Polydor , USA CA Atco Records Atco Writer Barry Gibb , Robin Gibb Producer Robert Stigwood , Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb Last single Don t Wanna Live Inside Myself br 1971 This single My World br 1972 Next single Run to Me song Run To Me br 1972 Misc Extra music sample filename BeeGeesMyWorld.ogg title My World Type song My World was recorded and released while The Bee Gees were recording their new album To Whom It May Concern Bee Gees album To Whom It May Concern during the winter of 1972. This single reached 16 on the USA charts and 16 and 41 on the U.K. and Germany charts, respectively. The B side, On Time, was rerecorded by Maurice Gibb for the soundtrack of the 1984 film A Breed Apart . As Robin Gibb states in the liner notes of Tales from the Brothers Gibb , One rollicking little jaunt that me and the lads came up with in downtown Birmingham, England , whilst doing a television show called The Golden Shot Golden Shot , the ensuing results being that it went on to be a huge top 20 hit in the UK and the US that left the three of us drooling with pleasure. Originally released as a single only, it was later available on the LP, Best of Bee Gees, Volume 2 in 1973. The song has a fantastic play of words in the refrain part My world is our world, and this world is your world, and your world is my world, and my world is your world is mine . It is the last single that Geoff Bridgford played the drums with The Bee Gees . Personnel Bee Gees Robin Gibb lead vocals and backing vocals Barry Gibb backing vocals ,lead vocals on third verse, guitar Maurice Gibb backing vocals, Bass guitar bass , piano , guitar, organ music organ Geoff Bridgford drums Additional musicians Alan Kendall guitar Bill Shepherd orchestr ... more details
Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name If Thousands image Ifthousands.jpg caption If Thousands during the I Have Nothing sessions. image size 300 landscape Yes background group or band origin Duluth, Minnesota Duluth , Minnesota , United States U.S. instrument Vocals , Guitar , organ music Organ , genre drone music drone , Trance music Trance , Ambient music Ambient years active 2000 &ndash 2005 label Silber Records, Dreamlan Recordings, Finding Datura Records, Ambolthue Records, Chairkickers Union Music website http www.ifthousands.net www.ifthousands.net current members Christian McShane br Aaron Molina br If Thousands is an American drone music drone band from Duluth, Minnesota Duluth , Minnesota . Since releasing their debut album Candice Recorder in 2001 , the band has toured the U.S. with Low band Low . If Thousands music has been featured on NPR . Christian McShane also performed with Charlie Parr in the band Devil s Flying Machine. Aaron Molina was previously part of the rock band Small Engine City. Nathan Amundson of Rivulets performed on their album Yellowstone. In a Dreamland Recordings interview McShane explained the purpose and origin If Thousands, The idea that we started with was to relax people. To relax them to a point where they are drooling. If Thousands ethic of relaxation found form in Slumber, a performance where audience members were encouraged to bring pillows and blankets for the purposes of sleep. Elegy, a 25 hour drone in honor of artist Michael Lenz, encouraged cathartic release through unyielding drone. Lineup Aaron Molina bass guitar bass ,Guitar, vocals Christian McShane organ music organ Discography Studio albums Candice Recorder Sirsumcorda, 2001 Io Self Released, 2002 Lullaby Silber Records, 2003 Yellowstone Chairkickers Union Music, 2003 2d Collaboration with A Whisper in the Noise Co Released, 2004 GREYSTONE AT SEA Dreamland Recordings Australia 2005 I Have Nothing Silber Records, 2005 Compilations In Retu ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE Black Hole House notability Episode date May 2011 unreferenced date May 2011 All plot date May 2011 Infobox television episode Title Black Hole Series House TV series House Image Caption Season 6 Episode 16 Airdate March 15, 2010 Production Writer Lawrence Kaplow Director Greg Yaitanes Producer Guests Cali Fredrichs as Abby Nash br Nick Eversman as Nick Final diagnosis Cerebellar schistosomiasis hypersensitivity allergy Episode list List of House episodes List of episodes Season list Infobox House TV series season 6 episode list Black Hole is the sixteenth episode of the House season 6 sixth season of the American medical drama House TV series House . It was directed by Greg Yaitanes and written by Lawrence Kaplow. It aired on March 15, 2010. House and team try to diagnose a high school senior suffering from blackouts and hallucinations, and are forced to take a controversial approach. Meanwhile, Taub brings his personal life into the workplace. Plot A high school senior named Abby is sitting during a class discussion in a planetarium with her boyfriend, Nick. Suddenly, she starts drooling blood and sputum from her mouth. At Princeton Plainsboro, House orders the team to do an MRI . During the MRI, she hallucinates that she is getting sucked into a black hole . Many diagnosis attempts are thwarted by negative tests. While Nick proposes to Abby, she hallucinates a younger version of herself coercing her to tell the secret. Moments later, she begins Seizure seizing . As a last ditch effort to diagnose her, House and his team use an experimental procedure called Cognitive neuroscience cognitive Statistical parametric mapping pattern recognition to map the unconscious thoughts of Abby. This yields images of outer space and what appears to be Abby s father who had died in a plane crash. Eventually House reveals that Nick s father, a food importer traveling around the world, contracted a Middle Eastern parasite which he then inadvertently transmitted to Abby ... more details
D&D Deity fgcolor fff image caption bgcolor 000 fgcolor fff name Balan title Duke of Hell home Baator power Lords of the Nine Hells Duke of Hell alignment Lawful evil portfolio n a domains n a alias None super Belial Dungeons & Dragons Belial Balan is a Lords of the Nine Hells Duke of Hell in the service of Belial Dungeons & Dragons Belial , in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game . Publication history Balan first appears in Ed Greenwood s article The Nine Hells Part I in Dragon magazine Dragon 75 1983 . ref Greenwood, Ed . The Nine Hells Part I. Dragon magazine Dragon 75 TSR, Inc. TSR , 1983 ref Balan was briefly detailed in Fiendish Codex II Tyrants of the Nine Hells 2006 . ref name FC2 Robin Laws Laws, Robin D , and Robert J. Schwalb . Fiendish Codex II Tyrants of the Nine Hells Wizards of the Coast, 2006 ref Balan was detailed in the online version of Dragon magazine Dragon , in issue 360 October 2007 in the Infernal Aristocracy feature. ref Robert J. Schwalb Schwalb, Robert J. Infernal Aristocracy. Dragon magazine Dragon 360, October 2007. Available online http www.wizards.com default.asp?x dnd drfe 20071017 ref Description Balan appears as a giant, yellow skinned man with fierce black brows and a beard which grows in tufts something like a catfish s lower whiskers . He has gray hooves and a body which darkens to scarlet about his legs and his forked tail. He typically wears only a leather weapon belt and girdle, and shuns armor. He has red or blue flaming eyes visible at some distance, and a hoarse voice. His grin has been described as both idiotic and drooling, but his sense of humor, despite its coarseness, is quite witty. He wears a badge upon his belt depicting his own head next to a bull s head signifying his brutal, aggressive nature and a ram s head denoting the lusty side of his nature , as well as the heads of those he has slain. He tends to be incautious in his fights, charging in with twin axes. Relationships Balan is a duke of Phelegethos and on ... more details
Amp Drooling is speculation, as the cassette was released in 1994. However, it is worth noting ... ref name angelsgone Discography Godspeed You Black Emperor All Lights Fucked on the Hairy Amp Drooling ... more details
Diamond, Raving and Drooling, You ve Got to Be Crazy with the second half being The Dark Side of the Moon ... and Drooling,You Gotta be Crazy,Shine on you Crazy Diamond now split into two halves by Have A Cigar ... more details
Infobox Disease Name Epiglottitis Image Caption DiseasesDB 4360 ICD10 ICD10 J 05 1 j 00 ICD9 ICD9 464.3 , ICD9 476.1 ICDO OMIM MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj emerg eMedicineTopic 169 eMedicine mult eMedicine2 emerg 375 eMedicine2 ped 700 MeshID D004826 Epiglottitis is an inflammation of the epiglottis &mdash the flap at the base of the tongue that keeps food from going into the trachea windpipe . Due to its place in the airway , swelling of this structure can interfere with breath ing, and constitutes a medical emergency . Infection can cause the epiglottis to obstruct or completely close off the windpipe. With the advent of the Hib vaccine , the Incidence epidemiology incidence of epiglottitis has decreased, ref name pmid7872480 cite journal author Keyser JS, Derkay CS title Haemophilus influenzae type B epiglottitis after immunization with HbOC conjugate vaccine journal Am J Otolaryngol volume 15 issue 6 pages 436 43 year 1994 pmid 7872480 doi 10.1016 0196 0709 94 90085 X url ref but the condition has not been eliminated. ref name pmid12663101 cite journal author McEwan J, Giridharan W, Clarke RW, Shears P title Paediatric acute epiglottitis not a disappearing entity journal Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. volume 67 issue 4 pages 317 21 year 2003 month April pmid 12663101 doi 10.1016 S0165 5876 02 00393 2 url http linkinghub.elsevier.com retrieve pii S0165587602003932 ref Signs and symptoms Epiglottitis commonly affects children, and is associated with fever , dysphagia difficulty in swallowing , drooling, hoarseness of voice, and stridor . The child often appears acutely ill, anxious, and has very quiet shallow breathing with the head held forward, insisting on sitting up in bed. The early symptoms are insidious but rapidly progressive, and swelling of the throat may lead to cyanosis and asphyxiation . citation needed date May 2007 Since the introduction of the Hemophilus influenzae Hib vaccination in many Western countries, childhood incidence has decreased while ... more details
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