White mucus may suggest certain conditions, but the color of your mucus alone is not a good diagnostic tool. Your healthcare ...

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Phlegm, or sputum, is a type of mucus the respiratory tract produces. The color of phlegm can help identify certain health issues, such as infections or problems affecting the lungs. This article ...

As with blood cultures, obtaining a high-quality sputum sample before starting antimicrobial therapy is best practice (Ogawa et al, 2023). In cases where tuberculosis is suspected, three separate ...

The mucus produced by common garden snails is being used more in skin care products. It may have some benefits, but more research is needed. (Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) Mucin is another ...

Researchers have found that a history of repeated antibiotic use causes defects in the normally protective mucus barrier of the gut, due to antibiotic-driven alterations in the microbiota.

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Methods: The clinical evaluation of the IRUT was performed in 100 subjects. Each gastric mucus sample obtained during endoscopic examination was incubated for 15 min with a solid tip coated with ...

The way this test is administered is with a mucus sample through the nose or throat. “No test is 100% accurate so you have to correlate the test result with the symptoms that the child has,” ...

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[19] We have confirmed that when broad gastric brushings are used to collect the mucus sample, a larger area of the gastric surface can be sampled, giving greater reliability even with a small ...