Sarah Jividen, RN, BSN, is a trained neuro/trauma, and emergency room nurse turned healthcare freelance writer. As a journalism major, she combined her love for writing with her passion for high ...

Jassey, DOCoughing up thick, green mucus may mean a bacterial or, less often, viral infection, but that's not always true.

As that mucus drips down your throat (postnasal drip), it can tickle and irritate the throat tissues. Viral infections can sometimes cause a dry throat, too. This often happens if your nose gets ...

To many people, mucus is nothing more than a gross goo, something to be tossed away in a tissue immediately after clearing your throat or blowing your nose. To scientists, it’s nothing short of ...

“Also, our body’s natural adrenaline levels, which help suppress coughs, decrease at night, making us more sensitive to that ...

In the final phase of boogerfication, the mucus, dirt, and other junk dry up and clump together, forming the nasal classic-- the booger.

“Coughing may also cause dry throat and mouth ... the cilia [little ‘hairs’ in our lungs] to more effectively move mucus out of the lungs, and the cough reflex is our body's attempt to ...

Turning on the heat for the first time this season can bring on cold-like symptoms. Here’s why — and how to avoid it.

Dr Brame adds that “tickly coughs can be either wet or dry. There’s quite a lot of overlap, but tickly coughs affect the upper airways and can be caused by clearing your throat of phlegm ...

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