eli5 how mucous keeps coming back after blowing your nose when your sick, even after you blow it all out?

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eli5 how mucous keeps coming back after blowing your nose when your sick, even after you blow it all out?

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Your body is constantly producing it. It’s one of the things that help prevent harmful stuff from entering our body through the nose while we breathe.

If you have a stuffy nose, most of that isn’t from mucous, it’s from inflammation. Your tissues have swelled up, narrowing your nasal airway.