Why does our body produce snot/congestion when we have a cold?
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It’s part of a general strategy of clearing pathogens sometimes called “weep and sweep”: make lots of fluid to trap pathogens, then push it out of your body. If you have a respiratory infection, that’s snot and sneezing/coughing. If it’s a gut infection, that’s mucus and diarrhea.
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