What's mildly irritating you today?

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

J's daughter sent me this code

Like the Da Vinci Code? Or is this more of a common code?

[Undertoad]

My nodes is stuft!

[SteveDallas]

What, you've got some kind of routing loop going?

[HungLikeJesus]

I think I'll get out of the Cellar until UT is better.

[LabRat]

Ejaculation as a potential treatment of nasal congestion in mature males

S . Zarrintan

Medical Hypotheses , Volume 71 , Issue 2 , Pages 308 - 308

Available online 23 April 2008.

Nasal congestion is defined by the blockage of the nasal passages usually due to membranes lining the nose becoming swollen from inflamed blood vessels [1]. This occurs when the nasal blood vessels expand in response to exercise, cold air, spicy food, even stress. Common causes of nasal congestion are common cold, influenza, Hay fever and chronic sinusitis [1], [2] and [3]. It impairs the natural human drive for nasal breathing and leads to lower self-esteem and to impaired quality of life [1]. There is a host of conservative treatments, including decongestant pharmacotherapy, antiallergy measures, nasal dilation devices and several surgical procedures [1] and [2], but it is still a symptom that is difficult to treat.

Decongestants are the main pharmacologic agents for the treatment of nasal congestion and act by stimulating α-adrenergic sympathetic nervous system. This leads to vasoconstriction of the nasal blood vessels and subsequent alleviation of the symptoms. However, oral or topical use of decongestants can have adverse effects of sympathetic stimulation such as hypertension. Furthermore, if used for more than two or three days, they can actually make congestion worse [4] and [5].

Herein, the author would like to provide a new treatment strategy for the treatment of nasal congestion in mature men. It is known that sexual arousal in men is followed by penile erection and subsequent ejaculation. Ejaculation has two phases: emission and ejaculation proper. The emission phase of the ejaculatory reflex is under control of the sympathetic nervous system, while the ejaculatory phase is under control of a spinal reflex at the level of the spinal nerves S2-4 via the pudendal nerve. A refractory period succeeds the ejaculation, in which the sympathetic nervous system counteracts the effects of the parasympathetic nervous system [6] and [7]. As it is seen, ejaculation can be used as a potential treatment of nasal congestion because its emission phase provides a sympathetic stimulation and subsequent vasoconstriction and nasal decongestion. Also, the refractory period serves as a sympathetic reservoir and maintains the decongestive state for a considerable while. This method does not wish to have the adverse effects of pharmaceutical decongestants because it is a physiologic stimulation of the sympathetic system in the body. According to the current idea, sexual intercourse or masturbation is proposed in the cases of nasal congestion in mature men. It can be done time-to-time to alleviate the congestion and the patient can adjust the number of intercourses or masturbations depending on the severity of the symptoms. This hypothesis suggests a unique treatment of nasal congestion because it uses a physiological mechanism of the human body for encountering the problem.

Let us know if it works

[Shawnee123]

Now EVERYONE is going to have a "cold."

[SteveDallas]

Bleah. They'll never prove it. Nobody would be willing to be in the control group.

[Sundae]

I know sex has cleared my cold up before - temporarily, sadly. I always assumed it was because blood flow was directed elsewhere.

[Juniper]

I have to go out right now and clean the chicken coop.

Yes, really.

[Shawnee123]

Chicken coop:
Chicken poop
Poop scoop
Chicken soup


My new poetry.

[SteveDallas]

That reminds me of the timeless children's book classic, Sheep in a Jeep.

[Shawnee123]

Are you being serious? It's hard to tell with you!

[Sundae]

The new clumping litter I've bought, while great for Diz (why I bought it) is grim for me. Better for him even in that way because I have to clean it every day - I would go 2 or 3 sometimes because he is such a little cat and it's such a big tray, he wouldn't be stepping in it even after a week!

But now, the wee smells immediately. It's absorbed, so it doesn't trouble him, but it smells of wet sawdust/ cat pee. Mech, don't like. Will clean completely tomorrow morning as I'll be gone for a week. Wish I could take him with me, but as I'm throwing myself on my parent's mercy I think it's best to make it as simple as possible.

[Pico and ME]

SG...I have a bucket with a lid that is lined with a plastic bag right next to the litter tray. I just scoop once in a while and put it in the bucket and put the lid back on. No smell...until I decide to empty the bucket. THAT is nasty.

[footfootfoot]

you need to add a scoop of dung beetles.