{"id":712,"date":"2016-09-22T12:47:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T12:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/en\/?p=712"},"modified":"2016-09-23T18:39:26","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T18:39:26","slug":"what-can-you-find-out-about-your-babys-health-from-the-color-of-the-mucus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/en\/what-can-you-find-out-about-your-babys-health-from-the-color-of-the-mucus\/","title":{"rendered":"What can you find out about your baby&#8217;s health from the color of the mucus?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-757 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sterimar-mucus-color-EN-262x300.jpg\" width=\"262\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sterimar-mucus-color-EN-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sterimar-mucus-color-EN.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/>The sinuses are cavities filled with air, protected by an internal membrane that is rich in mucus generating cells. The mucus helps maintain the normal humidity of the nose and it also helps &#8220;trap&#8221; the allergens, germs and dust like in a trap, before they get to the lungs, causing more damage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The mucus is made of water, protein, salts and antibodies and its color can tell you a lot about your baby&#8217;s health, as well as about your own health.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-534\" src=\"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/mucus-limpede.jpg\" alt=\"mucus-limpede\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>Clear &#8211; healthy mucus, everything is fine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-535\" src=\"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/mucus-alb-opac.jpg\" alt=\"mucus-alb-opac\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>Matte white\u00a0&#8211; the mucus appears to be thicker in texture, indicating a light congestion of the sinuses<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-536\" src=\"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/mucus-galben.jpg\" alt=\"mucus-galben\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>Yellow &#8211; the body is fighting a cold<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-537\" src=\"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/mucus-verde.jpg\" alt=\"mucus-verde\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>Green &#8211; the immune system is fighting a bacterial infection<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-538\" src=\"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/mucus-rosu.jpg\" alt=\"mucus-rosu\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>Red &#8211; the mucus contains bloof. It&#8217;s possible to have a broken blood vessel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-539\" src=\"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/mucus-maro.jpg\" alt=\"mucus-maro\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>Brown &#8211; the mucus contains coagulated blood or the person inhaled some sort of contaminants<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-540\" src=\"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/mucus-negru.jpg\" alt=\"mucus-negru\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>Black &#8211; the body is fighting a fungal infection or the person is a smoker.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The sinuses are cavities filled with air, protected by an internal membrane that is rich in mucus generating cells. The mucus helps maintain the normal humidity of the nose and it also helps &#8220;trap&#8221; the allergens, germs and dust like in a trap, before they get to the lungs, causing more damage. &nbsp; The mucus&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":757,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sterimar.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}