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The outdoor winter exercise and extreme snot nexus

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Can anyone explain to me why I'm overcome with snot whenever I do the mildest exercise/biking/running in this weather? It's just bad news for anyone downwind of me. Sorry if this is a GCSE biology question but I'm genuinely curious


 
Posted : 25/12/2022 12:29 am
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Long covid side effects?

I've been horribly snotty for weeks.


 
Posted : 25/12/2022 1:52 am
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Cold air contains less moisture, so it dries your nasal passages up, to which they compensate with buckets of snot?


 
Posted : 25/12/2022 3:04 am
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Not biology, if you're old enough? 🤔 to remember the comic characters the Numbskulls who live in different departments of your head . The ones in your nostrils were always on overtime at this time of year 👍


 
Posted : 25/12/2022 7:19 am
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I'm really suffering with this. I'd got much better at breathing through my nose while riding, but now? No chance.


 
Posted : 25/12/2022 7:27 am
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"Skier's nose"

It's caused by the exercise-induced rhinitis that @dawson suggests. Cold air can cause a runny nose by activating nerves to stimulate the lining of the nose to produce mucus.


 
Posted : 25/12/2022 8:18 am

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