Coughing, suctioning, and humidification can help reduce secretions. Preventing the buildup of secretions is an important part of tracheostomy care. People who have a tracheostomy typically experience ...

Your body produces mucus naturally to protect your respiratory system, and under normal circumstances, this protective fluid remains clear and relatively thin. However, when mucus suddenly changes to ...

Milk Patients perceive swallowing difficulty from thickness of saliva, but no real increase in mucus. HealthDay News — There is no evidence to support the myth that milk increases mucus production ...

Cells produce mucins at a constant rate, and when exposed to an allergen or pathogen, they produce more mucin in a rapid burst. Both the constant and rapid mucin secretion is controlled by calcium.

The cell lining of the gastrointestinal tract is continually damaged by mechanical stresses and scratching by partially digested food as it traverses the gut. Potentially, this could have fatal ...

Blessing Azeke wrapped her cardigan around her body as another asthma attack set in. Provoked by cold air from an overhead fan in her law school classroom in Enugu, Nigeria, her lungs refused to let ...

A research team led by scientists from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo, Brazil, has made significant ...

Health myths are remarkably persistent. A particularly enduring one is the belief that drinking milk increases the production of phlegm and thus worsens the symptoms of the common cold, asthma and ...

In a landmark study published today in Science Advances, Dr. Shai Bel and his research team at the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University have uncovered crucial insights into how ...

Patients perceive swallowing difficulty from thickness of saliva, but no real increase in mucus (HealthDay News) — There is no evidence to support the myth that milk increases mucus production from ...

Treatment with an interleukin-6 neutralizing antibody significantly reduced airway mucus hypersecretion (AMH) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), based on data from human and mouse cells ...

Researchers have identified proteins that control mucous production and suggest clues to treating colon and airway diseases. New research reveals how healthy cells in our bodies produce mucins -- the ...