Daphne Oz

After my first week of no wheat, my stomachaches were gone, my mucous cleared up, and I felt incredibly energetic. My headaches were also less frequent and less severe, and I had lost 3 pounds, most of it swelling and water weight my body had been holding onto as part of its response to the wheat products in my diet.

American Celebrity

Mucous is a specific type of bodily fluid, thicker than saliva.

Body Fluid

Changes in mucous can indicate health problems like infections.

Health Indicator

Don't confuse 'mucous' with 'snot'; 'snot' is less formal and specifically nasal.

Not Snot

Mucous is often left behind by animals; it's not just a human secretion.

Animal Secretion

Mucous aids movement by reducing friction for animals and organs.

Lubrication Purpose

While mucous may seem unpleasant, it plays crucial roles in biology.

Not Always Gross

 that in disgust she burned it and threw it out what I wanted to do is study it and find out what species it was this business of leeches getting involved in mucous membranes of people we heard about mucous membranes earlier it's good that we did this after lunch right so that's a picture of a leech in someone's

The extraordinary lives...

 Pollen from trees and grass, and mold spores from tiny fungi find their way into your mucous membranes and your body attacks these innocuous travelers the same way it would infectious bacteria. The immune system has a memory.