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How To Remove Foreign Object Stuck In Nose?
Question: if 2cm
hair size foreign body get into nose and manage to reach trachea and stuck in the mucus,
there must be a cough to make foreign body out? or there would be no reflex such like cough.
if it is too light, it would move with mucus and go out to throat.
if it is somewhat heavy, it will touch cillia and cillia will address the signal to mucosal lining cell for making cough,
pls. teach me what happen when such like foreign body get stuck in mious on trachea
hair size foreign body get into nose and manage to reach trachea and stuck in the mucus,
there must be a cough to make foreign body out? or there would be no reflex such like cough.
if it is too light, it would move with mucus and go out to throat.
if it is somewhat heavy, it will touch cillia and cillia will address the signal to mucosal lining cell for making cough,
pls. teach me what happen when such like foreign body get stuck in mious on trachea
Brief Answer:
It will trigger the cough reflex.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thank you for your query.
1. It will trigger the cough reflex and be coughed out.
2. The ciliary mucus transport is for microscopic particles.
3. A 2 cm piece of hair is a fairly large foreign body and will trigger the cough reflex in a normal individual.
4. If it gets plastered to the tracheal wall it will require a bout of violent coughing to expel it out. It will not get left inside. Irritation will continue if it stays in contact with the inner tracheal wall.
I hope that I have answered your query. If you have any more questions I will be available to answer them.
Regards.
It will trigger the cough reflex.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thank you for your query.
1. It will trigger the cough reflex and be coughed out.
2. The ciliary mucus transport is for microscopic particles.
3. A 2 cm piece of hair is a fairly large foreign body and will trigger the cough reflex in a normal individual.
4. If it gets plastered to the tracheal wall it will require a bout of violent coughing to expel it out. It will not get left inside. Irritation will continue if it stays in contact with the inner tracheal wall.
I hope that I have answered your query. If you have any more questions I will be available to answer them.
Regards.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
thank you for your answer.
if particle irritate cillia, cillia could deliver signal to mucous lining for making cough?
as far as I know cillia dont have cough sensor or other sensors..
thank you
if particle irritate cillia, cillia could deliver signal to mucous lining for making cough?
as far as I know cillia dont have cough sensor or other sensors..
thank you
Brief Answer:
It is primarily the innumerable sensory nerve endings.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thank you for writing back.
1. The cilia are designed for transport of the mucus layer.
2. It is the innumerable pressure receptors (nerves) which will respond to the slightest of touch and trigger off the cough reflex.
3. A large piece of hair may cause a slight distortion on a molecular level and also add to the foreign body sensation and increase mucus production in response. The airway has multiple protection mechanisms built in (such as chemoreceptors, mechanoreceptors (stretch) and so on).
4. In patients with ciliary dysfunction (such as Kartagener's Syndrome), the cough reflex is intact in spite of ciliary dysfunction.
I hope that I have answered your query. If you have any more questions I will be available to answer them.
Regards.
It is primarily the innumerable sensory nerve endings.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thank you for writing back.
1. The cilia are designed for transport of the mucus layer.
2. It is the innumerable pressure receptors (nerves) which will respond to the slightest of touch and trigger off the cough reflex.
3. A large piece of hair may cause a slight distortion on a molecular level and also add to the foreign body sensation and increase mucus production in response. The airway has multiple protection mechanisms built in (such as chemoreceptors, mechanoreceptors (stretch) and so on).
4. In patients with ciliary dysfunction (such as Kartagener's Syndrome), the cough reflex is intact in spite of ciliary dysfunction.
I hope that I have answered your query. If you have any more questions I will be available to answer them.
Regards.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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