Word: mucus
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...stimulates a number of chemicals, the most common of which is histamine. Histamine is responsible for a number of rather unsightly and uncomfortable responses in the body. It can act on to make breathing more difficult by stimulating the production of excess mucus in the bronchial tract, and also cause inflammation by enlarging blood vessels...
...mucus whirred into action. "Tactile ambiguity...subverted representation...deep fear...Neo-postcrypto...
...attacks recur enough times, however, the lungs do not return to normal. They continue to act as if they are being invaded by parasites. This constant state of inflammatory alert damages the bronchial walls, creating scar tissue. As a result, the airways can no longer clear the mucus that forms deep in the lungs. The ensuing buildup reduces the flow of air and sets the stage for the next attack. "In olden times, which was only about five or 10 years ago, we all concentrated on the bronchospasm and assumed the patients were all right between episodes," says Dr. Peter...
...with a "failure to thrive," Brianna weighed less at one year than she did at six months. Finally, last August, just after the child's third birthday, her anxious parents took her to the University of Washington pulmonary clinic in Seattle. Chest X rays revealed that a thick, bluish mucus had started to accumulate in her airways. "She already had some permanent scarring to the lungs," recalls Dr. Bonnie Ramsey, Brianna's physician and an expert in lung disease. "She was a very sick little girl...
...half a century, doctors have been treating cystic fibrosis symptom by symptom, doing their best to stem the rising tide of mucus triggered by the disease. As this abnormally thick fluid builds up in the lungs, pancreas, liver and other organs, it not only serves as fertile ground for damaging infections but also blocks the passage of vital digestive enzymes to the intestine and stops up sperm in the testes. As a result, patients have difficulty breathing, digesting food and even reproducing. "This is a disease that simply wears you down," says Ramsey...