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How to use the word mucus in a Sentence?

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Mucus is naturally occurring in our bodies, and it provides a very important function to maintain good health in our respiratory tract, it helps to capture [ allergens, bacteria and viruses ].

Ryan Steele

Found on CNN
3 years ago

[ Mucus ] is something where if you have too little, it's bad because we can get infections, if you have too much, it can block your ability to breathe and also increase infection. So you want just the right amount.

Ryan Steele

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Some people believe that inflammatory foods such as milk and wheat increase mucus production, another school of thought that I have seen to work both anecdotally with my patients and with Robert Eitches is eating spicy foods.

Robert Eitches

Found on CNN
3 years ago

If you never touched Your Face, Your Face wouldn't matter if you didn't wash your hands. Your hands could be as dirty or as contaminated as you like, the only reason why it's important is because eventually your hands are going to come in contact with a mucus membrane. It's the mucus membranes that are the key...( they) act as the pathway into the body.

Robert West

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Conjunctiva is modified mucus membrane, like the inside of your mouth or the inside of your nose or nasal cavity and pharynx, it's moist and nice and hospitable for viruses, in fact there's lots of organisms that can stick very readily to Thomas Steinemann conjunctiva, or for that matter, stick on a contact lens that is also resting on Thomas Steinemann conjunctiva.

Thomas Steinemann

Found on CNN
4 years ago

They're the ones you hear about jumping up and hitting people and even breaking bones sometimes, they spew blood and mucus as a stress response. If they land in your boat, they'll be flopping around, and they'll get slime around.

Ron Brooks

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The inside of the nose is lined by a multitude of cilia( which look like a shag carpet under the microscope) that are constantly providing clearance of mucus, pathogens and inhaled particulates to the back of the nose by beating in a rhythmic motion, it is amazing that our noses can differentiate between potentially harmful pathogens and innocuous agents.

Stella Lee

Found on CNN
7 years ago

There’s no clear evidence that reducing milk will reduce mucus—it’s mostly anecdotal.

Kristine Arthur

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Fluids help thin out the mucus that your body makes when you're sick, and when that germ-filled mucus is thinner, it's easier to clear out of your system.

Holly Phillips

Found on CNN
8 years ago

When you lie on your back, mucus collects in your sinus cavities, which can lead to secondary infections or chronic sinusitis.

Holly Phillips

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There are women that produce mucus of a thick viscus quality, and it sticks and lodges in there. The fallopian tube at the uterine end is very narrow and it gets blocked in there, so it’s quite easy to imagine that a course of physical therapy is going to soften this up, dislodge it and clear Clear Passage.

Joel Batzofin

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

He still had all the mucus and stuff, and all the trash and gravel was sticking to him, i tried to give him a tiny little bit of breath, and he reacted a little bit.

Michael Buelna

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Once your body is loaded with mucus and you’re congested all the time, that’s when all the bugs like to get there.

Susanne Bennett

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Nola had a thick drainage coming out of her nose, the vets swabbed the mucus, and cytology tests showed bacteria, so they began treating her with antibiotics.

Darla Davis

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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