If you make it a regular habit to peek at your poop—which we actually encourage you to do as one of those good toilet habits—then you might, on occasion, see a small amount of mucus either in the ...

Your body is constantly making mucus, about one liter or more of the slimy stuff a day, says Neil L. Kao, MD, FAAAAI, an allergist in Greenville, SC. Normal mucus is made up of mostly water, with some ...

For people with conditions such as cystic fibrosis and COPD, mucus can get too thick and sticky; coughing alone can't clear it. Infections develop, leading to severe chronic disease and early death.

The image shows the mucous layer (in green) by colonic cells in normal conditions (center). In cells without FUT8, the mucous layer is thinner and easily removed by washing (left). Cells with high ...

Americans are weathering the worst flu season in years, as a number of other respiratory illnesses circulate too, such as COVID-19, RSV and the common cold. A telltale sign you're getting sick is ...

Mucin concentrations are abnormally raised in each of the four muco-obstructive diseases — COPD, cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, and non–cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis — and these ...

A hallmark of cystic fibrosis, a disease caused by mutations in the CTFR gene, is the accumulation of abnormally thick and sticky mucus in the lung, intestine, and various other organs. Although the ...

For healthy people, mucus is our friend. It traps potential pathogens so our airways can dispatch nasty bugs before they cause harm to our lungs. But for people with conditions such as cystic fibrosis ...