DON’T BLOW YOUR TRUMPET – YOU MAY JUST GET A STROKE
BY DR EDGAR TAY, CARDIOLOGIST, INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST In 1998, a high school trumpeter experienced repeated episodes of numbness of his face after practice and subsequently could not use his left arm and leg due to weakness for several hours. The action of forceful blowing against resistance is also known as the Valsalva Maneuver named after the […]