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

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   Mucus is a substance that covers the moist surfaces of your body, like your eyes, nostrils, lungs and gastrointestinal tract, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Mucus has ...

3. Phlegm - Wikipedia

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   Mucus is a normal protective layering around the airway, eye, nasal turbinate, and urogenital tract. Mucus is an adhesive viscoelastic gel produced in the airway by submucosal glands and goblet cells and is principally water. It also contains high-molecular weight mucous glycoproteins that form linear polymers.

4. Rhinorrhea - Wikipedia

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   If the sinus passage remains blocked, there is a chance that sinusitis may result. [6] If the mucus backs up through the Eustachian tube, it may result in ear pain or an ear infection. Excess mucus accumulating in the throat or back of the nose may cause a post-nasal drip, resulting in a sore throat or coughing. [6]

5. Sputum - Wikipedia

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   Red, jelly-like sputum - an indicator of possible pneumonia caused by Klebsiella. Green or greenish colored - indicative of potential longstanding respiratory infection (green from degenerative changes in cell debris) as in pneumonia, ruptured lung abscess, chronic infectious bronchitis, and infected bronchiectasis or cystic fibrosis.

6. Yep, Allergies Might Be to Blame for Your Upset Stomach ... - AOL

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   According to Dr. Clifford Bassett, MD, allergist at NYU Langone Health based in New York City, this accumulated nasal mucus can also lead to excessive coughing, which in rare instances may induce ...

7. What does the color of your mucus mean?

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   This causes the mucus to get thicker and more difficult to clear. It can also cause a cascade that includes releasing "histamine and other secondary proteins to make the nose or throat swollen and ...