Your body keeps your baby safe by developing a natural protective system. A mucus plug is one such defence that plays a major ...

Some glands in the stomach and duodenum – a segment of the intestine – secrete mucus to protect the lining of the digestive ...

A MUM-OF-ONE has told of her agony after she was left permanently blind and saw almost all her skin melt off just days after starting a new medication. Emily McAllister, from Chicago, US, was ...

Your body naturally makes mucus to protect organs like lungs and eyes. But infections, allergies and pollution can boost mucus production. Know what it does, when to worry and how to ease discomfort.

Mucocele is a benign lesion occurring in the buccal mucosa as a result of the rupture of a salivary gland duct and consequent outpouring of mucin into soft tissue. It is usually caused by a local ...

Introduction: The concept that human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) expression is specifically in various malignant lesions but absent in adjacent normal tissues has been well documented, and HLA-G is ...

Dry eye disease involves tear film instability, inflammation, and neurosensory abnormalities, with severe cases posing treatment challenges. Minor salivary gland transplantation (MSGT) offers a ...

Aim The aim of this study was to describe the clinicopathological features of an oral mucoceles series, with emphasis on the unusual histological variants. Methods Between 2000 and 2019, all oral ...

Although mucus and phlegm are related terms, they don't mean exactly the same thing. Karl Tapales via Getty Images Most people are all too familiar with the icky, uncomfortable feeling of having mucus ...

When you think you know everything there is to know about the human body and its anatomy, something else crops up 300 years later. Our bodies are weird things. We have skin suits that are propped up ...