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

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   “Some mucus is normal, which the body clears through periodic coughing—and sometimes we have excess mucus production with acute respiratory infections,” she explains.

3. Chest physiotherapy - Wikipedia

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   Chest physiotherapy (CPT) are treatments generally performed by physical therapists and respiratory therapists, whereby breathing is improved by the indirect removal of mucus from the breathing passages of a patient. Other terms include respiratory or cardio-thoracic physiotherapy.

4. Mucoid plaque - Wikipedia

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   Various forms of colon cleansing were popular in the 19th and early 20th century. [7] In 1932, Bastedo wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association about his observation of mucus masses being removed during a colon irrigation procedure: "When one sees the dirty gray, brown or blackish sheets, strings and rolled up wormlike masses of tough mucus with a rotten or dead-fish odor that ...

5. Mucus - Wikipedia

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   Nasal mucus may be removed by blowing the nose or by using nasal irrigation. Excess nasal mucus, as with a cold or allergies, due to vascular engorgement associated with vasodilation and increased capillary permeability caused by histamines, [14] may be treated cautiously with decongestant medications. Thickening of mucus as a "rebound" effect ...

6. What does the color of your mucus mean?

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   Greenish mucus "means that your body is fighting off an infection and the white blood cells/proteins are kicking into high gear," explains Nasseri. "You will likely have other systems such as ...

7. Phlegm - Wikipedia

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   Phlegm is more related to disease than mucus, and can be troublesome for the individual to excrete from the body. Phlegm is a thick secretion in the airway during disease and inflammation. Phlegm usually contains mucus with virus, bacteria, other debris, and sloughed-off inflammatory cells.

8. Mucoactive agent - Wikipedia

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   An expectorant (from the Latin expectorare, to expel or banish) works by signaling the body to increase the amount or hydration of secretions, resulting in more, yet clearer, secretions and lubricating the irritated respiratory tract. [4] One mucoactive agent, guaifenesin, has anxiolytic and muscle-relaxing properties. It is commonly available ...

9. Mucociliary clearance - Wikipedia

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   Mucociliary clearance (MCC), mucociliary transport, or the mucociliary escalator describes the self-clearing mechanism of the airways in the respiratory system. [1] It is one of the two protective processes for the lungs in removing inhaled particles including pathogens before they can reach the delicate tissue of the lungs.