A single elevated ESR, without any symptoms of a specific disease, will usually not give enough information to make a medical decision. Furthermore, a normal result does not rule out inflammation or disease. Moderately elevated ESR occurs with inflammation but also with anemia, infection, pregnancy, and with aging.
Between 65 and 81 percent of people can curl their tongues, and slightly more women than men can do it, studies find. The notion that a person's ability to roll his or her tongue is determined by a single dominant gene stems from a paper published in 1940 by geneticist Alfred Sturtevant.
Effects of Tongue Thrust. Improper positioning of the tongue may not seem like a big deal, but it can affect your childâs speech and even the alignment of his teeth. About 4 lbs. of pressure are exerted with each swallow and the average human swallows about 1,200 to 2,000 times every 24 hours.