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health advisory Hospital Doctor Yu 2007-11-8 19:08:31

i understand that you have a virus/bacteria etc etc,

but what does the body hope to achieve by flooding your sinuses and nose with -for a lack of a better term- "snot"?

Answers:

All of the extra phlegm is your body flushing out the infection. Rather than puss (like in a pimple, or cut) it comes out as phlegm through your nose/mouth.

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it's either 'cause you have a cold, flu or allergie.

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It's just an automatic response from the body to deal with an onslaught of more virus/bacteria on the nasal area. From the point of view of the body, it is very effective. When the number of invaders reaches a certain point that it's unmanageable, the body will resort to one of its tactics to kick out the existing bugs and prevent more from coming. Notice that usually a runny nose is accompanied or followed but many other symptoms. It's part of a routine flushing because the body is being taken over.

In many people this whole system can overreact when not necessary; it's as if the body was paranoid. That would be an allergy.

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that 's corect because when all of the extra phlegm is your body flushing out the infection. Rather than puss (like in a pimple, or cut) it comes out as phlegm through your nose/mouth. It its really yucky

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