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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.

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. Cough reflex - Wikipedia

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   [citation needed] This reflex may also be impaired by damage to the internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve which relays the afferent branch of the reflex arc. [ citation needed ] This nerve is most commonly damaged by swallowing a foreign object, such as a chicken bone, resulting in it being lodged in the piriform recess (in the ...

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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 ...