I’m currently sick with my first bout of COVID and I am so stuffed up that it feels like no air is going in or out of my nostrils, yet I have snot literally running out my nose that constantly needs wiped with tissue.
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The cells causing inflammation accumulate fluid in the area, and blood vessels dilate and get leaky, the fluid leaves the nasal tissue and follows gravity, hence the dripping. Decongestant drugs constrict the blood vessels and limit the leaks. That’s why they say these types of drugs dry you up.
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