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How to Drain Lymph Gland in Neck From Ear Infection

By Lisa Mooney, eHow Contributor

Often during an ear infection a lymph gland in the neck will become blocked. This results in a hardening of the lymph and it quite painful. One useful treatment in the case of such a blockage is drainage of the lymph. This procedure is generally safe and gentle and is based on massage used to increase fluid circulation and result in draining of the gland.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. See your physician for your ear infection. If it is a bacterial infection the doctor will most likely prescribe antibiotics to clear it. Once the infection is cleared you can, with the permission of your physician, engage in exercises and massage for lymph gland drainage.
2. Perform a beginning facial exercise by scrunching up your face. Do this slowly and hold the tensed pose for 5 seconds before releasing. Rest 5 seconds and then repeat the exercise 4 more times.
3. Turn your head left and then right slowly and gently. Perform this segment of the exercise 5 times and then change to looking up as far as you can and then down as far you can. You will do this 5 times as well.
4. Continue to exercise your facial muscles by frowning and smiling in turn followed by a big yawn. This exercise too should be performed 5 times with 5 second rests between intervals.
5. Stick out your tongue and rotate it clockwise in a complete circle. Repeat the rotation going counterclockwise. Perform the cycle 5 times.
6. Lift your shoulders slowly and gently up and down five consecutive times. Rest and repeat five more times.
7. Inhale and exhale deeply for 30 seconds. As you do so, rest your hands on the bottom of your rib cage. On your exhalations, gently press your hands against your chest.
8. Put your hands on the bottom on your neck. Raise the skin on the right side of your neck upwards with your hands and let go then repeat the action on the left side of your neck. You need to make sure you are pressing very gently into the skin. Repeat five times alternating sides.
9. Place your hands an inch higher on your neck. Repeat the raising and releasing of skin on your neck as before. This step should also be repeated 5 times.
10. Massage under your chin with your head tilted slightly up. Start with your fingers on both hands meeting in the center of the chin area and then massaging outward toward your ears.
11. Repeat same massaging motion on the bottom of the face. Be sure to keep the movement pushing outward to the sides of your face. Repeat for the area in the middle of your face going across the mouth. Do as long as you like but stop if you begin to feel sore or if you face becomes flushed.
12. Return to your neck. Begin at the top of your neck and massage downward in long strokes to your shoulders. Repeat 5 times to complete you drainage exercises and massage.

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Twenty Mysteries You Must Read Before You Die - Declan Hughes/John Connolly

Twenty Mysteries You Must Read Before You Die

As promised, here is the list of TWENTY MYSTERIES YOU MUST READ BEFORE YOU DIE, as Declan Hughes and I decided to call it when we first set about compiling it.  This isn't quite the same list, as Declan and I inevitably disagreed on certain books, so when we present the list together publicly it tends to be a compromise arrangement with each of us sacrificing a couple of titles.  Nevertheless, there is no disagreement between us about the first ten books, while the second ten is more personal to me, with a couple of exceptions.  With luck, this list will form the basis of book club discussions on my forum, Twitter, Facebook, etc.  We'll keep you notified.  At the very least, it will provide you with some fine reading, and some enjoyable nights in your favorite chair . . .

<p /> <p /> 1.THE GLASS KEY-DASHIELL HAMMETT (1931). Also RED HARVEST (1929), where the western becomes the PI novel, and THE MALTESE FALCON (1931) 

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2.THE LONG GOODBYE-Raymond Chandler (1953), the most nuanced of his books, closely followed by FAREWELL, MY LOVELY (1940) and THE BIG SLEEP (1939) 

3.THE CHILL-Ross Macdonald(1964). Often regarded, unfairly, as being in Chandler's shadow, this novel has one of the greatest twists in mystery fiction. Also THE DOOMSTERS(1958), THE UNDERGROUND MAN (1971), SLEEPING BEAUTY (1973),  THE GOODBYE LOOK (1969), and THE GALTON CASE (1959)

4.DEEP WATER-Patricia Highsmith (1957). She has a grim view of the human condition, and this is quite, quite chilling. Also THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY(1955) 

5.THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE-George V.Higgins (1972). Greatest dialogue ever in a crime novel. See also Robert B.Parker and Dennis Lehane. For those interested in the art of writing, Higgins's book ON WRITING (1990) is worth hunting down.

6.THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN-James Lee Burke (2007). The greatest living mystery writer tackles post-Katrina New Orleans. Genius. Any of the Robicheaux books are worth reading, although the first in the series, THE NEON RAIN (1987) is actually untypical of what follows, and one could argue that Burke really finds his feet with the second book, HEAVEN'S PRISONERS (1988).  Also BLACK CHERRY BLUES (1989), DIXIE CITY JAM (1994) and THE GLASS RAINBOW (2010)

7.THE LECTER TRILOGY-Thomas Harris. RED DRAGON (1981),SILENCE OF THE LAMBS(1988), HANNIBAL(1999). Ignore HANNIBAL RISING. It's awful, and is basically a novelization of a film script.  While HANNIBAL received some terrible reviews, and its ending was particularly lambasted, there is an internal logic to the first three novels that makes the ending of HANNIBAL inevitable.  I'm quite happy to discuss this in a bar, as long as someone buys me drinks first.

8.STRANGER IN MY GRAVE-Margaret Millar (1960). Wife of Ross Macdonald, and unfairly neglected. Brilliant on women, and the class divide.  Also BEAST IN VIEW (1966).

9.LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE DEAF MAN-Ed McBain (1972). The father of the modern police procedural, with half a century of 87th Precinct Books.  Without him, there would have been no HILL STREET BLUES, and arguably no HOMICIDE or THE WIRE.  The mid-period novels (1960-1980) are probably the best, including FUZZ (1968), BLOOD RELATIVES (1975). 

10.THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD-Agatha Christie (1926). Another great 'twist' novel, and one that raises fascinating questions about the relationship between detective and criminal, a question that finds its ultimate answer in the Poirot book intended for posthumous publication, CURTAIN (1975)

11. THE NAME OF THE ROSE 1980) by Umberto Eco. Arguably his only readable novel, and certainly his most enjoyable, and that includes the pseuds' fave, FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM

12. MORALITY PLAY ( 1995) by Barry Unsworth. A group of travelling players investigate a murder, and inadvertently invent the modern theatre. 

13. THE BLACK ECHO (1992) by Michael Connelly. Still one of the greatest mystery debuts of all time, and the first glimpse of Detective Harry Bosch. Also THE CONCRETE BLONDE (1994) and THE LAST COYOTE (1995)

14. THE CRYING OF LOT 49 (1966) by Thomas Pynchon. The Californian crime novel's postmodern re-imagining as absurdist conspiracy thriller. 

15. THE BIG BLOWDOWN (1999) by George Pelecanos. The first of the DC Quartet from a modern master, set in post-WWII Washington. Also KING SUCKERMAN (1997), THE SWEET FOREVER (1998) and SHAME THE DEVIL (2000).

16. WHAT THE DEAD KNOW (2007) by Laura Lippman. Her finest novel; one of a pair of missing girls reappears after 30 years.

17. HAWKSMOOR (1985)  by Peter Ackroyd. Twin narratives link 20th century child-killings with a Satanic 17th century architect. Quite chilling, and you'll never quite view the city of London in the same way again.

18. FAST ONE (1932) by Paul Cain. Landmark hard-boiled novel by an almost forgotten master of the genre.

19. MIAMI BLUES (1984) by Charles Willeford. If Beckett had written a hard-boiled novel about a cop trying to find his missing gun...

20. THE LAST GOOD KISS (1978) by James Crumley. The first great post-Vietnam mystery novel by the late Crumley, a writer held in much esteem and affection by his fellow mystery writers.<