Nurses and other medical staff can be alerted to the possible presence of infection and other healing issues without the need to remove the dressing, which can disturb the patient and interrupt healing. (sciencedaily.com)
Images of the mucus layer, and the «goblet» cells of the colon wall that produce the mucus constantly, showed that for a diet having reduced fiber the layer was thinner, and in the presence of the infection, the mucus layer was thin and patchy with inflammation spanning a wide area. (biomeonboardawareness.com)
But remember, the cord is a piece of decaying flesh, it will have a bit of an odor even without the presence of an infection. (momvelous.com)