# Something came out of my nose. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 27, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746 "2014-06-27T02:02:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Artemis\_Tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746/1 "2014-06-27T02:02:36Z")
I have a runny nose. It is really annoying. I was taking a shower and started to blow my nose. All of a sudden… something came out of it. It was a ball of… something. Spongy/soft and quite large - almost a walnut. It was painful. And bloody. What the hell just happened? Did I just lose a piece of my respiratory system? It is not bleeding any more and now I can breathe properly again, but it was quite disturbing… No photos were taken. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746/2 "2014-06-27T02:10:32Z")
Is it possibly some kind of food that you coughed while swallowing, and it lodged up in your sinus cavity? I’ve had that happen, but it sure wasn’t the size of a walnut… ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746/3 "2014-06-27T02:10:59Z")
It was probably a blob of mucus from your respiratory tract. Maybe sinuses, maybe bronchus. [Check out this “cast” of the bronchial tubes made out of mucus.](http://imgur.com/gallery/SQ2oK) Bet it felt awesome when it was out. And boo on no picture! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746/4 "2014-06-27T02:16:25Z")
That is pretty impressive. I didn’t realize the insides were so… um… tentacly. It could also have been a blood clot - that’s about the right size, and they’re bloody and spongy. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746/5 "2014-06-27T02:17:05Z")
Sometimes if you get a nosebleed you end up with a large, gross ball of snot and clotted blood stuck up there. When you pull it out it feels like you’re yanking out a large chunk of your brain. But in a good way. ---
**Author:** ![Artemis\_Tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746/6 "2014-06-27T02:23:32Z")
I think that was it - Mucus + blood… I am still amazed that it came out of my body. I mean, it looked way too big to pass through my nostril. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746/7 "2014-06-27T02:35:37Z")
As gross as it sounds something About it comming out gave me that warm fuzzy feeling. Even better than popping a big zit! ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746/8 "2014-06-27T02:42:00Z")
Was it dark red (like blood) all the way through? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746/9 "2014-06-27T03:08:28Z")
Next: Coughing up a lung calculus. Pointy! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746/10 "2014-06-27T03:39:15Z")
Medical advice is best suited to IMHO. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_I\_Am](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sam\_I\_Am](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_I_Am)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746/11 "2014-06-27T04:07:52Z")
My family calls those “snot babies”. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746/12 "2014-06-27T04:12:02Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > As gross as it sounds something About it comming out gave me that warm fuzzy feeling. Even better than popping a big zit! Totally gross but oh so fun. ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746/13 "2014-06-27T09:16:10Z")
Obligatory [Total Recall clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=WFMLGEHdIjE#t=68). ---
**Author:** ![BDBoop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@BDBoop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BDBoop)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746/14 "2014-06-27T09:59:57Z")
Thank goodness my stomach is empty since I have day surgery scheduled. Also, eww. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746/15 "2014-06-27T17:07:18Z")
> [@Artemis\_Tardis](#): > > I think that was it - Mucus + blood… I am still amazed that it came out of my body. I mean, it looked way too big to pass through my nostril. I used to get massive nosebleeds and thick strings of dark bloody mucus/clot would attach to the tissue I was using and come pulling out. I feel vaguely sick just writing about it. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746/16 "2014-06-27T17:14:10Z")
I like the really long gluey ones. You know, you’re picking at what you think is just a little glob, then you can feel this looong string of booger being pulled down from the center of your head. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746/17 "2014-06-27T17:43:34Z")
You people have way more satisfying excretory lives than I do. ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Fortune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Commander\_Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Fortune)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746/18 "2014-06-27T17:46:47Z")
I wash out my sinuses daily with a product called Alkalol and had one one of those Total Recall moments once when something rinsed free from a deep dark place in my face… It was horrifyingly large and very freaky. I recognised it as a hardened dense piece of mucus, but Christ, it still haunts me. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746/19 "2014-06-27T20:38:59Z")
Oooh! As soon as I saw the thread title I remembered the most amazing (to me) thing I’ve ever seen come out of a person’s face. My husband has had bad allergies and sinus problems his whole life, and once blew out a chunk of what we ultimately determined was thickened mucus. It was over an inch long, and about a half inch in diameter - WAY WAY bigger than I thought an adult human’s sinus would accommodate and still allow breathing. It was very much like a piece of dried rubber cement. After seeing the image in **WhyNot’s** link with all the little branches, I’m disappointed and a little worried that all the little tributaries didn’t come out of my husband’s shnoz. I wonder what happened to them! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746/20 "2014-06-27T21:19:19Z")
My eight-year old had one of those (slightly smaller) and I acted all worried and told him it was part of his brain. Good times. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-came-out-of-my-nose/691746.md?page=2)