Mucous in a sentence

It can cause a strong irritant to the skin, eyes and mucous membranes and cause blindness if splashed into the eyes.

Serious side effects arising out of an overdose of glutathione injections include severe rashes, hives, chills, painful blisters and lesions on the skin and mucous membranes.

It keeps mucous membranes moist, providing a barrier against harmful pathogens.

The snails were lured into baited traps or gathered by hand before having their mucous glands delicately sliced open with a small knife.

Chamomile is widely used to treat inflammations of the skin and mucous membranes, and for various bacterial infections of the skin, oral cavity and gums, and respiratory tract.

For a definitive reading they need to take coughed-up lung mucous; higher swabs have tended to turn up negative.

He had only a mild possible symptom, excessive mucous.

In fact, spraying yourself with such substances can damage your mucous membranes such as your eyes and mouth.

Mucous membranes are protective layers of tissue that line the surfaces of internal organs, including the lungs and respiratory tract.

The rest of us can choke on our infected mucous and die an inglorious death sitting in quarantine in our garage watching Jeffersons reruns on a set of collectors edition DVDs.

It’s important to report animal bites whenever they are treated for contact with saliva from an animal bite, open cut in the skin or mucous membrane exposure; such as the mouth or eyes.

Other dogs and people can be infected through breaks in the skin and mucous membranes from playing in shared pools, or being around urine from an infected dog.

Should bleeding start, or you have a mucous discharge or your waters break or go into labour (labour pains), you should go immediately to a delivery clinic or hospital.

After a number of X-rays and mucous tests, doctors determined she had the flu and should go home to rest, Marengère said.

A good, solid sneeze can propel mucous droplets at about 135 – 150 mph.

Also: don't touch your face or mucous membranes without prior washing.

An hour later she found the baby pale, with bloody mucous coming from his nose.

Mullein contains about 3% mucilage, and it is this that helps with the soothing, demulcent qualities on the mucous membranes that line the nose, mouth, and throat.

Side effects include stomach pain, because acetylsalicylic acid can thin the protective mucous barrier of the stomach.

Bacterial capsular polysaccharides Pathogenic bacteria commonly produce a thick, mucous-like, layer of polysaccharide.