MUCOID PLAQUE IS NOT WHAT PEOPLE CLAIM IT TO BE
MUCOID PLAQUE is what many claim to be a harmful blocking membrane of gunk which clogs up the intestinal vili, causing potentially fatal malabsorption of food.
This is only partially true.
There does exist a film of mucous, perhaps about a millimeter thick or less, which protects the fragile intestinal vili - that's its job. It's supposed to be there. This is not "mucoid plaque".
However... while this should naturally be self-sustaining, renewing itself every three days or so (much like the mucal inner lining of the stomach), this isn't always the case. Sometimes, in less-than-healthy people, parts of it can become old and stiffened, even stringy or rope-like. This is what "mucoid plaque" should refer to, and not that which is pictured at right here.
So then... what the hell is this stuff??
Well, it's kind of like "FLY PAPER".
No, really - allow me to explain further...
