When you hear the words mucus and snot, you might think of colds, snails or drooling babies. But the runny, sometimes sticky substance often plays a vital role in our lives, and mucus also has the ...

A 30-year-old woman produced a single mass of gray material from her nose during a particularly forceful sneeze several hours before presenting to our clinic. She asked that the material be submitted ...

The wide-spread use of biologics is arguably among the most important advances in medicine in the last few decades. For instance, anti-inflammatory biologics have very significantly improved treatment ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Airways with mucus plugs have thicker epithelium, basement membranes and smooth muscle than unplugged airways.

Dear Editor, we read with interest the recent study exploring the incidence, prevalence, and management of mucous membrane pemphigoid with ocular involvement (oMMP) [1]. For a condition encountered ...

Being sick with a cold or other congestion-causing illness comes with a variety of symptoms, but a particularly annoying one is the buildup of mucus in your nasal passages and throat. In addition to ...

Healthy phlegm is usually clear and runny, but many different health conditions can change the consistency or color. Phlegm, also called sputum, is mucus produced by your lungs that helps protect your ...

Mice make use of rapid nerve cell interactions in the brain's smell center to distinguish one odor from another, a new study shows. Both mice and humans can rapidly identify odors, researchers say, in ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Having a congested chest can be uncomfortable to say the least. And when you’re feeling under the weather ...