What are boogers ?

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what are boogers made of? my kid asked me and I didnt have an answer I was thinking it was dirt but wouldnt it be brown like mud if it was dirt?

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Nasal mucus is mucus from the nose. Nasal mucus is produced by the nasal mucosa, and serves to protect the respiratory tract. Nasal mucus is produced continually, and most of it is swallowed unconsciously.

Increased mucus production in the respiratory tract is a symptom of many common diseases, such as the common cold. The presence of mucus in the nose and throat is normal, but increased quantities can impede comfortable breathing and must be cleared by blowing the nose or expectorating excess mucus from the back of the throat. Nasal mucus may also be removed by using traditional methods of nasal irrigation. In Western societies, it is more common to treat excess mucus with drugs such as decongestants.

In medical terminology, a piece of dry or semi-dry nasal mucus is known as a rhinolith. Rhinoliths form when the mucus traps dust and other particles in the air. Mucus dries around the particle and hardens, somewhat like a pearl forming in an oyster. Since catching foreign particles is one of the main functions of nasal mucus, the presence of rhinoliths is a good indicator of a properly functioning nose (as opposed to a "runny nose", which can indicate illness).

Dried nasal mucus is often removed by nose-picking, a common activity which is socially taboo in most cultures. The social taboos regarding nasal mucus have also led to a wide variety of slang terms for nasal mucus and rhinoliths, including "snot" for nasal mucus, and "boogers" (US) or "bogies" (UK) for rhinoliths.

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Other Answers:
boogers are accutully dried up snot that form from mucus is your nasul cavities. if dried up to hard it hurts reallly bad when they kome out often they casue nose bleeds if upicck um and there hard

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