# Where is all this mucus in my nose coming from?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 10, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-all-this-mucus-in-my-nose-coming-from/605780 "2011-12-10T23:39:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![spunkymuzicnote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@spunkymuzicnote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spunkymuzicnote)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-all-this-mucus-in-my-nose-coming-from/605780/1 "2011-12-10T23:39:37Z")

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Let’s be gross for a minute. I’ve got a cold, and there seems to be an endless supply of mucus in my nose. I blow my nose and 10 minutes later there’s a whole glob more. Sometimes it’s even in my mouth and then I have to spit it out (Eew!). Is it moving its way up my throat and ending in my nose and mouth? Or is my nose actually making it that fast? I know it’s my body’s way of trying to get rid of things, but how does it work so quickly?

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-all-this-mucus-in-my-nose-coming-from/605780/2 "2011-12-10T23:54:28Z")

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lots of tissue inside you in your sinuses.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-all-this-mucus-in-my-nose-coming-from/605780/3 "2011-12-10T23:58:36Z")

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It’s made in your nose/sinuses.

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> Nasal mucus is produced by the nasal mucosa

[wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucus#Respiratory_system)

What I’ve always wanted to know, though, is how many calories are expended producing it steadily like you’re talking about. You can find a ton of cites about how the mucus itself has negliable calories, but that’s about it.