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  2. Your Snot Color Is Trying to Tell You Something About Your ...

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    Yellow snot also indicates infection. Like with green snot, yellow snot is the collection of defensive white blood cell secretions. Generally, the greener the color, the more cells required for ...

  3. Sputum - Wikipedia

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    Having green, yellow, or thickened phlegm (sputum) does not always indicate the presence of an infection. Also, if an infection is present, the color of the phlegm (sputum) does not determine whether a virus, a bacterium or another pathogen has caused it. Simple allergies can also cause changes in the color of the mucus. [1]

  4. Got snot? Here's what your mucus tells you about allergies ...

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    Mucus has trillions of microbes and is a first line of defense against microorganisms that cause infections, the NIH says. "Mucus is very helpful in terms of our immune system," Elliott says.

  5. Mucus - Wikipedia

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    In general, nasal mucus is clear and thin, serving to filter air during inhalation. During times of infection, mucus can change color to yellow or green either as a result of trapped bacteria [24] or due to the body's reaction to viral infection. For example, Staphylococcus aureus infection may turn the mucus yellow. [25]

  6. What does the color of your mucus mean?

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    So long as it is only yellow for less than a week to 10 days, it usually means your body is fighting off normal infection." If yellow mucus is accompanied by fever, chills, muscle aches or pain ...

  7. Phlegm - Wikipedia

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    Phlegm is more related to disease than mucus, and can be troublesome for the individual to excrete from the body. Phlegm is a thick secretion in the airway during disease and inflammation. Phlegm usually contains mucus with virus, bacteria, other debris, and sloughed-off inflammatory cells.

  8. Doctors Say This Is How You Can Loosen and Clear Mucus ... - AOL

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    If you experience difficulty breathing, develop a severe cough, notice thick green or yellow mucus, run a fever, and/or feel extremely fatigued If your symptoms worsen instead of improve over time

  9. Common cold - Wikipedia

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    A number of the viruses that cause the common cold may also result in asymptomatic infections. [25] [26] The color of the mucus or nasal secretion may vary from clear to yellow to green and does not indicate the class of agent causing the infection. [27]