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Ashley Berger

At an internal medicine clinic, Ashley Berger, LPN, spent years managing the outpatient symptom phone line and checking patient vitals during intake. She serves as a staff writer at Biology Insights with a focus on oral health and sensory symptoms. Berger completed a practical nursing certificate program and continues to work per-diem nursing shifts at the clinic.

Why Is My Tongue Big? Causes of an Enlarged Tongue
Do Swollen Lymph Nodes Make It Hard to Swallow?
COVID Taste Change: Causes, Recovery, and How to Cope
Why Do I Smell a Weird Odor in My Nose When Bending Over?
Why Is My Throat Purple? Causes and When to Worry
Why Did I Throw Up Out of My Nose?
Why Do I Smell Boiled Eggs? Causes of Phantom Smells
Can a Sore Throat Feel Like Something Is Stuck?
Why Can’t You Smell Your Own Breath?
How to Get Your Taste Back: Causes and Recovery
Why Do I Swallow So Loud? Causes and Concerns
Why Do I Smell Perfume? Common & Medical Reasons
What Causes Sores in Your Nose and When to See a Doctor
Why Do I Taste Perfume in My Mouth?
Why Is the Outside of My Throat Itchy?
Is It Normal to Have a Sore Throat After Being Choked?
How Does Taste and Smell Work Together?
Can You Bruise Your Throat? Signs and What to Do
How to Strengthen Voice After Thyroid Surgery
Why Does My Throat Feel Tight? Causes and When to Worry
Why Do I Smell Burnt Plastic?
Why Does My Tongue Feel Swollen? Causes and What to Do
Why Does My Soft Palate Feel Swollen?
Why Don’t I Have a Gag Reflex? Causes & What to Do
Why Are My Taste Buds Big?
Why Does Water Taste Like Metal Only to Me?
Why Does My Phlegm Taste Metallic?
Soft Palate Abscess: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Does Gargling Salt Water Help Tonsil Stones?
Why Does Everything Taste Like Bleach?