This cold and flu season, you may be looking for clues you're getting better anywhere you can find them, even in the color of your snot.

If your mucus is gray or black... …you likely inhaled dark-colored particles, like smoke from a fire or heavy exhaust. Regular smokers can also blow out darker mucus because of the tar or other toxic ...

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In research published last month, UChicago scientists created a hydrogel out of husks from the malva nut. In traditional Chinese medicine, the malva nut, or Pang Da Hai (胖大海) belongs to the "cool ...

Unlike normal cough, tuberculosis is usually accompanied by typical symptoms such as fever, shivering, night sweats, loss of ...

LIFE THREATENING CONDITION - A baby girl with a simple cough lost her life after her lungs got filled with phlegm and air.

you may have an upper respiratory infection like a cold. This can cause your phlegm to contain traces of blood. Repeatedly coughing up phlegm often brings small amounts of blood into the mouth and ...

When a person has black or dark-colored mucus, they may have inhaled potentially harmful pollutants. Coughing up black mucus may also be due to an underlying infection or condition. Mucus serves ...

This factsheet explains whooping cough (pertussis) to support nurses in identifying and managing the bacterial infection.