What Is Throat Mucus?

Mucus is a slippery fluid secreted from the mucosal layer or submucosa of the human body. Mucus is generally a thicker gelatinous body that contains enzymes with antibacterial effects, such as: lysozyme, immunoglobulin, and so on. Mucus is made from goblet cells on the surface of the mucous membrane. It consists of mucins and inorganic salts suspended in water.

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Mucus is a slippery fluid secreted from the mucosal layer or submucosa of the human body. Mucus is generally a thicker gelatinous body that contains enzymes with antibacterial properties, such as:

(1) [Plant] : A sticky substance, mainly from the seed coats of various plants (brown algae, hollyhock, and flax), similar to gum (aragua), which swells in water without dissolving, forming a sticky mass.

(2) [Physiology] : A mucoprotein-rich, sticky and smooth secretion produced by the mucous membrane.

Viscous liquid secreted by humans, animals and plants. ^[1]

Slime of snail

The snail's mucus is used to reduce friction in the body.

(3) [Slime stool] : The stool is slimy, or red or white, with abdominal pain, and then exacerbated. It ranges from 2 to 10 times a day. It is called slime stool, and it is also one of the main symptoms of dysentery. Because of the sticky jelly, the time is not good, it is also called "intestine" and "stagnation" and is divided into "white cockroach" and "red cockroach" by the sticky color. Mucus can appear in acute dysentery, and also in chronic enteritis and bacillary dysentery. The mucus in acute dysentery has been discussed in dysentery. The mucus described in this section belongs to chronic enteritis or chronic bacillary Common slime. It belongs to diseases such as chronic enteritis, chronic bacillary dysentery, and allergic enteritis in western medicine.