Health & Fitness
Why Does Your Nose Run When It's Cold Outside?
Does your nose run when it is cold outside? If yours does, don't worry, there is nothing wrong with you.
A runny nose in cold weather is actually one way that your body protects your mucus membranes.
The additional mucus and fluid also helps to catch bacteria, viruses and other foreign bodies. These are trapped in the mucus and then leave as the mucus drips out of your nose.
When you are sick with a virus or cold, the germs trigger additional mucus production as well.
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This is also designed to help fight foreign substances and wash them out of your body. Interestingly, even when you aren’t sick, glands in your nose, throat, airways and intestines produce between one to two quarts of mucus every day.