What color is mucus?

Answer 1

Green Is not necessarily true...

The life cycle of a cold is as follows:

First you get congestion and clear nasal drainage for the first couple of days.

Then during the middle the secretions start to take on some white and light yellow color due to the White blood cells that are moving in to the area to clear up the infection.

Then towards the tail end of the cold the secretions will start to get a little green tinge, often the 10 to 14th days. This is because of some enzymes, called myeloperoxidase that are produced by your immune system in the process ot clearing up the infection.

At this point your cold should be over. Our guidelines by the AAP recommend that we clinically make the diagnosis of sinusitis for a cold that hasn't started improving after 10 to 14 days. This being said, about 10% percent of colds will fall into that range of taking 14 days for resolution. So a little green at the tail end of a cold is fine, so long as you are not spiking a fever late in the course or developing pain in your face, is ok.

Answer 2

Mine was a off-whitish blood-tinged color & was the size of a large cottonball. It squishes like a gummy bear if you touch it. Mine fell out when I was taking a bath & I found it later so of course I was curious. I believe mine was pretty much whole when it came out but I do remember losing a little of it here & there when I would wipe from using the restroom.

Answer 3

the color of vomit depends on what you have eaten. if you ate red pringles (this happened to me) it will be an orangish color. If you ate green beans or peas, it would look like a baby took a crap. Most of the time, vomit will look like a tanish color, but can also look brown. If not that color, it will take the food you ate. This question was so disgusting to answer.

Answer 4

Mucus is like a light or dark yellowish color

Answer 5

yellow