How can my nose be stuffed and running at the same time?

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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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A “stuffed” nose is generally not blocked by mucous, it’s blocked by the mucous membranes becoming inflamed. One of the things that inflamed mucous membranes do is… leak mucous. The result is a stuffy nose that won’t stop dripping.

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