It is now Sunday evening and I am finally getting over my snot weekend…. no work tomorrow, I still need one more day’s rest, but by Tuesday I should be back on my feet again and back to work….
But the point of my post is the following…
Do you know how much snot a person generates???
It’s absolutely amazing!
From Thursday night till today I have used around 150 tissues….
For one my nose hurts like hell, two my nose hurts like hell…
As if I don’t need tissues constantly anyways. Because of my allergies I need a constant supply of tissues. My Dad always joked that he should have invested in a tissue factory, because I use so many tissues.
But what is snot, really?
Snot for one is slang for nasal mucus, produced by the nasal mucosa and mucal tissues tissues lining the airways. Small particles such as dust, pollutants and allergens as well as infectious agents such as bacteria are caught in the nasal and are prevented from entering the system.
Increased mucus production in the respiratory tract is a symptom of many common illnesses, such as the common cold and influenza. (Wikipedia)
Ninety-five percent of mucus is H2O, while the remainder is protein, carbohydrate, lipids, and miscellaneous, the proportions and nature of which vary. (The straight dope)
Interesting fact I found about chicken soup.
Why does chicken soup help?
Answer: healing vapors penetrate the nasal passages and loosen things up.
So eat your chicken soup the next time!!
I few things I’ve learned about snot…
1, Its fast, its really really fast. Its much faster than my arm reaching for a tissue… yep that’s right, my snot got the better of me…
2, This is disgusting I know, but its really easy to swallow, and tastes like crap.
3, Your nose sure produces a lot of snot….
