"Losing your mucus plug usually means your cervix is dilating (opening up) and becoming thinner and softer (effacing)," ...

If your mucus is gray or black... …you likely inhaled dark-colored particles, like smoke from a fire or heavy exhaust. Regular smokers can also blow out darker mucus because of the tar or other toxic ...

A pink or reddish tint in mucus means there’s blood present. This often happens when the nasal tissues are irritated, dry or damaged – such as after excessive nose blowing or exposure to dry air.

Throwing up mucus can occur when mucus from your stomach lining or mucus that you swallow appears in your vomit. Mucus from postnasal drip and coughing can also trigger vomiting, especially in ...

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Mucus in urine often appears as thin, stringy, or jelly-like threads that are clear or slightly white. These threads may be visible floating in the toilet or clinging to the sides of a container when ...

Allergies and the very early stages of a viral infection can cause an overproduction of clear mucus. This can also happen when your body reacts to irritants or pathogens. White mucus is often a ...

Objective The colonic inner mucus layer protects us from pathogens and commensal-induced inflammation, and has been shown to be defective in active UC. The aim of this study was to determine the ...

A recent groundbreaking study published in the journal Biomedical Reports found that vonoprazan (VPZ) usage was associated ...