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I couldn’t speak or do anything other than force up my lines using my diaphragm alone.

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"In other words, air had been injected into her stomach. That interferes with your ability to move your diaphragm up and down, and that interferes with your breathing," he said.

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That, in turn, causes them to “asphyxiate because their diaphragm has too much pressure on it.”

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Scientists estimate that up to 80% of cancer patients suffer from the condition, where the body relentlessly eats away at itself until organs such as the heart and diaphragm stop working.

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She had just performed the second of two shows at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, swaying in a dark blue gown in front of a 20-piece string orchestra, her hands knitted over her diaphragm.

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