Author

Heather Zavala

A Vanderbilt University nursing graduate, Heather Zavala, RN, CPN, works as a school nurse at a public elementary school in Manhattan, Kansas. She previously cared for hospitalized pediatric patients. Her daily clinic hours involve treating minor playground scrapes, managing student medications, and fielding children’s questions about how their bodies function.

Why Does Touching My Belly Button Make Me Have to Pee?
Why Do I Yawn When I Feel Nauseous?
Why Does My Mouth Squirt Water When I Yawn?
Why Do I Smell Ammonia After Working Out?
Why Do I Feel Cold After Drinking Water?
Why Do I Have a Stomach Pouch?
Why Does It Feel Weird to Touch My Belly Button?
How Does Absorption Work in the Body?
What Color Is Saliva and When Should You Worry?
Where Is Salt Stored in the Body?
How to Not Swallow: Controlling the Swallowing Reflex
Your Tongue When Dehydrated: What It Looks and Feels Like
Why Do You Get Goosebumps When You Poop?
What Does Lying on Your Left Side Do to Your Body?
What Happens If You Suck In Your Stomach Too Much?
How Does It Feel to Be Dehydrated? Signs to Know
What Is the Purpose of Reflux in the Body?
Can Dehydration Cause a Metallic Taste in Mouth?
Why Does My Stomach Stick Out When Relaxed?
Why Do I Shiver When I Eat?
Does Saliva Actually Stop Bleeding?
Why Do I Have a Dip in My Stomach?
Why Do I Hiccup When I Cry?
Can You Swallow Without a Tongue?
Where Do You Feel Hunger Pains and Why?
Why Can’t I Hear Liquid Sloshing in My Stomach?
Why Do I Feel Hot After Drinking Cold Water?
When You Blush, Does Your Stomach Lining Also Blush?
Why Do I Have to Pee When I Cry? The Scientific Reason
Does Water Go Into Your Bloodstream?