Laying on my side to unplug nose

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Why is it that if one of my nostrils is plugged, if I lay on the unplugged side, the other side will unplug and the clear one will plug and vice versa?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

As the other commenter suggested, it’s gravity affecting the mucus.

This used to drive me nuts as a kid. I got to the point of desperately pushing on the soft cartilage on the side of my nose to “open” that side up. After doing it so much I got my nose to “crack” one night. Ever since then I can crack my nose similar to how people crack their knuckles.

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