Helicobacter pylori
Surveillance of Helicobacter pylori antibiotic resistance in England and Wales is a spiral shaped bacterium. It lives on the gastric epithelium under the mucus layer of the stomach and duodenum. The bacterium is thought to damage this mucus ... [... more]
Health Protection Agency |
Mucodyne
Carbocisteine is a mucolytic medicine which breaks down some of the chemical bonds in mucus. This makes the mucus less thick and sticky (viscous) and thus easier to cough up.Medicines that make mucus less viscous are useful in chest problems such ... [... more]
Net Doctor |
Malehealth : Asthma
The muscle around the airways tightens making the airway narrower. The airway lining starts to swell and sticky mucus or phlegm may be produced. Most people donâEURt get these symptoms all the time. Only if they get a cold, or come into contact ... [... more]
Male Health |
Horrible Science Slimy Slugs
 Make your own yucky slugs and mucus. For children 8 years and over. [... more]
£4.99
24 Studio |
Horrible Science Mysterious Magnets
Make a magnetic mucus monster, drive a car without touching it and create hair-raisingly funny faces. For children 8 years and over. [... more]
£9.99
24 Studio |
Horrible Science Super Snot
Blow bogies from a fake nose, check out mucky mucus and conduct some shocking smelly tests. For children 8 years and over. [... more]
£5.99
24 Studio |
Otitis media
Otitis media is a build up of fluid in the middle ear, the space between the eardrum and the inner ear. The middle ear is usually filled with air. Sometimes it gets filled with fluid or mucus, for example during a cold. This mucus can sometimes ... [... more]
NHS Direct |
Ilube
Acetylcysteine breaks down any thick, sticky mucus on the surface of the eye. This allows tear fluid to move more easily across the surface of the eye. Hypromellose lubricates the eye.Acetylcysteine and hypromellose are used as eye drops to ... [... more]
Net Doctor |
Coping with smoker's lung (chronic bronchitis)
Smoker's lung is a chronic inflammation of the lungs. It is also known as chronic bronchitis, emphysema or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It causes the respiratory passages to be swollen and irritated, increases mucus production ... [... more]
Net Doctor |
Chronic bronchitis, emphysema and COPD ('smoker's lung')
Chronic bronchitis is a chronic inflammatory condition in the lungs that causes the respiratory passages to be swollen and irritated, increases the mucus production and may damage the lungs. The symptoms are coughing and breathlessness, which ... [... more]
Net Doctor |
Visclair
This medicine contains the active ingredient mecysteine hydrochloride (previously known as methyl cysteine in the UK).Mecysteine is known as a mucolytic agent, which means it breaks down mucus. It works by breaking some of the chemical bonds ... [... more]
Net Doctor |
Asthma and children
The mucous membranes in the small branches of the airways (bronchi) swell and the circular muscles contract ('spasm' or bronchospasm). About 1 to 2 per cent of all children get chronic asthma during their childhood. More mucus is produced in the ... [... more]
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