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In EVA helmets, there's a little foamy nubbin called a valsalva device you can see one on the upper right here) that's for blocking off your nostrils so you can make your ears pop.
Ask MetaFilter 2010
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Grunting, expelling air, thus relieving pressure, lessens the valsalva effect.
"It's an attack on my character, and it's very embarrassing, and an insult." Ann Althouse 2006
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To avoid this discomfort, try sucking sweets, chewing gum, or do the valsalva manoeuvre - pinch your nose and blow.
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Instead pursue your the ramp and exercise and review through a valsalva rate promise the rating of complex exertion.
Wii-volution 2010
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Worse with valsalva, bending over And 1 or more of: Anorexia/nausea/vomiting Sleep disturbance Fatigue Dizziness
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On the other hand, may be doing valsalva manouvres can increase and decrease CSF pressure, thereby pumping out the "toxins" ...
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PFO was detected by means of transthoracic echocardiography with administration of contrast medium during valsalva maneuver and the results were compared with age and sex matched 27 healthy controls.
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Numerous other sites suggest other tricks – depending on whether you’re vagal or adrenergic …. for vagal: manouvers that affect vagal nerve – valsalva, cold ice bag on your neck, yoga breathing through a constricted throat, or exercising to wrestle the vagal tone out, etc. Reply
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