I’ve got a cold sniffcoughachoo and I was thinking about some of my past colds, and their severity and discomfort…
And I started to wonder just what it is that’s blocking a ‘blocked nose’. Is it mucus? Is it a narrowed nasal passage? Is it a combination? Or something else?
Why does teh aroma of eucalyptus (and similar) seem to temporarily alleviate the blockage? And why does blowing your nose expel the build up of mucus but not necessarily unblock the nostril?
Icky questions, but I just gotta gotta know!
Ta…