Yellow Discharge From Nose? What Does Your Nasal Color Mean?

This is what it means if a person has a yellow discharge from nose. Check it out below!

YELLOW DISCHARGE FROM NOSE – If you have been experiencing a green or yellow discharge from your nose, this is what it actually means.

Your snot tells something about your health and most of the time, this is an indication of something or a disease. All of us have nasal mucus and we all have a lot of this. Experts say that 500 or 600 ccs of snot that you produce and swallow every say.

Yellow Discharge From Nose
Photo lifted from Self.com

Raj Sindwani, MD, an ear, nose, and throat specialist, said that mucus plays a “major role in trying to protect the lining and keep it moist”. He is referring to the very moist areas in the body such as the nose and upper air digestive tract in the head and neck area.

The snot is the first line of defense to prevent unwelcome intruders like particles and bacteria to enter the body. It traps these organisms so that they will not directly go into our lungs.

Check out the guide below to determine what the color of your snot indicates:

CLEARWHITEGREEN
OR YELLOW
RED
OR PINK
BROWN
OR ORANGE
BLACK
“normal” or healthyX
allergic sinusitisX
common cold
XX
fungal infectionX
injury or irritationXX
nonallergic or pregnancy rhinitisXX
sinusitisXX
smoking/drug useX

A yellow snot means there’s a virus or infection and this is also a sign that your body is actually fighting back. The mucus becomes yellow because of the white blood cells that are responsible for fighting back the infection.

Meanwhile, if you have yellow snot with a fever that lasts three or four days in a row, you should see your doctor immediately as per an article from Healthline.

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