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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 lining of the airways. [3] An important factor is the rate of mucin ...
In 1918, he became the first person in the United States to report the outbreak of the Spanish flu to the US Health Service. [7] Following the severe illness and death of an elderly woman patient, his practice was besieged with numerous patients, including young and formerly healthy people, suffering with similar symptoms.
There are special massage techniques that can be used to move mucus up to the mouth. They are often used for people with cystic fibrosis. --Tango 01:17, 9 October 2011 (UTC) Agree with Tango; I just want to add a link to mucociliary clearance, which I was taught to call the "mucociliary escalator". We normally swallow quite a bit of mucus, one ...
, a registered nurse for 30 years, was heading to Las Vegas for a conference when she noticed a woman in front of her on the airport escalator sneezing. The woman had the best of intentions -- she ...
Despite the high morbidity and mortality rates that resulted from the epidemic, the Spanish flu began to fade from public awareness over the decades until the arrival of news about bird flu and other pandemics in the 1990s and 2000s. [320] [321] This has led some historians to label the Spanish flu a "forgotten pandemic". [177]
Mucokinetics: increase mucociliary transport (clearance) and transportability of mucus by cough [2] Mucoregulators: suppress underlying mechanisms of mucus hypersecretion [2] Alternatively, attacking the affinity between secretions and the biological surfaces is another avenue, which is used by abhesives and surfactants. [citation needed]
In the event of another pandemic, US military researchers have proposed reusing a treatment from the deadly pandemic of 1918 in order to blunt the effects of the flu: Some military doctors injected severely afflicted patients with blood or blood plasma from people who had recovered from the flu. Data collected during that time indicates that ...
Since the release of a horrifying video of a mother's last moments before she fell victim of an elevator accident in China, people have been developing a real phobia of these moving stairs.