If you've spotted mucus in your little one's diaper, here's what it might mean – and when to check in with a doctor.

So if you eat something vibrantly colored — bright green spinach, lots of orange carrots ... blood or mucus in stools is common. Blood in the stool can make it appear red or even black.

Potentially serious causes of green stool include: Yellow and orange stool can also occur the diarrheal diseases ... pale, or covered with mucus or pus. You should also seek care if stool changes are ...

When either of these happens, bile can pool (rather than being excreted in stool) and eventually backflow into the stomach. When you vomit on an empty stomach, there's nothing else to bring up but ...

Heather Barry, a 36-year-old mom of three, said in an interview with ‘Today’ that she saw doctors for months due to ...

Sean Gibbons, a microbiologist at the Institute for Systems Biology, joins The Excerpt to discuss what bowel movements reveal ...

But how does the same recommendation hold true for two opposite GI problems? While some kinds of fiber work better than others for certain issues, there is one very particular type that actually can ...

Further, detailed examination of the participants' immune responses showed not only systemic response, but responses in distant mucus membranes ... the virus in their stool—and so did 76 ...

You can get rid of chest mucus by using home remedies like hot steam, soup, and certain medications. Mucus is a substance that lubricates and protects several organs, but too much can be a sign of ...

Constipation is a concern if bowel movements are hard, infrequent, contain blood or mucus or seem to be causing pain. Diarrhea can be more difficult to detect because a baby's stool is naturally ...

Pebble poop, or pellet-like stool, may occur when tough stool breaks apart into smaller pieces. This breakage can happen during digestion, or it may take place in the anus immediately before a ...