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2. Doctors Say This Is How You Can Loosen and Clear Mucus From ...

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   Control your cough. Coughing is a physiologic way to rid one of some of the congestion, says Amesh A. Adalja, M.D., senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Controlled cough ...

3. Why are so many New Yorkers coughing? What's happening ... - AOL

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   A main reason is that patients’ cough reflex is enhanced for a month or more even from the simplest common cold, said Dr. Peter Dicpinigaitis, director of Montefiore Cough Center in New York City.

4. Airway clearance therapy - Wikipedia

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   Airway clearance therapy is treatment that uses a number of airway clearance techniques to clear the respiratory airways of mucus and other secretions. [1] Several respiratory diseases cause the normal mucociliary clearance mechanism to become impaired resulting in a build-up of mucus which obstructs breathing, and also affects the cough reflex.

5. Cough reflex - Wikipedia

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   [citation needed] Bed rest interferes with the expansion of the chest and limits the amount of air that can be taken into the lungs in preparation for coughing, making the cough weak and ineffective. [ citation needed ] This reflex may also be impaired by damage to the internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve which relays the afferent ...

6. Mucociliary clearance - Wikipedia

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   The other clearance mechanism is provided by the cough reflex. [2] Mucociliary clearance has a major role in pulmonary hygiene . MCC effectiveness relies on the correct properties of the airway surface liquid produced, both of the periciliary sol layer and the overlying mucus gel layer , and of the number and quality of the cilia present in the ...

7. The Type of Cough Medicine You Take Could Make a Big ... - AOL

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   The type of cough you have is a clue to what's causing it: A wet cough (the type that brings up phlegm or mucus) is often a sign of a lower respiratory infection.

8. Pentoxyverine - Wikipedia

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   Pentoxyverine is believed to suppress the cough reflex in the central nervous system, [1] but the exact mechanism of action is not known with certainty. The drug acts as an antagonist at muscarinic receptors [ 3 ] (subtype M 1 ) and as an agonist at sigma receptors (subtype σ 1 ) [ 6 ] with an IC 50 of 9 nM. [ 10 ]

9. The One Type of Cough You Should Never, Ever Ignore - AOL

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   Besides a cough, signs of an upper respiratory infection include fever, a hoarse voice, fatigue or lack of energy, red eyes, a runny nose, a sore throat and swollen lymph nodes (aka swelling on ...