2006-07-26 03:08:06 · 20 answers · asked by monkees 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Green = bacteria
Yellow = viruses/inflammation
Clear = allergies
Black = blood/dust/etc
2006-07-26 03:37:20 · answer #1 · answered by mrodrx 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not so much the snot which is green as the phlegm component, and this is only when it is infected. Neither healthy snot nor phlegm is really green. It becomes so in the presence of infection because of the large numbers of white blood cells present, which make their way through the airway walls to combat the infection. They also give pus a whitish-green colour. So it should be white but it's snot.
2006-07-30 21:02:36 · answer #2 · answered by flymetothemoon279 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would begin by looking at it logically and exploring it in the manner of the fin-de cicle/20th Century philosopher Bertrand Russell by asking the question, Why is snot not purple?
2006-07-26 03:16:10 · answer #3 · answered by hari fudr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why snot? It isn't always green except when you have an infection.
2006-07-31 22:16:50 · answer #4 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's a vegetable?
BTW, what's the difference between snot and broccoli?
Ans: Kids won't ever eat broccoli.
2006-07-26 03:13:12 · answer #5 · answered by buffalobjf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
White blood cells fighting bacteria in your snot have died. Same as puss in spots/cuts etc.
2006-07-26 03:48:28 · answer #6 · answered by ralphseviltwin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did u know that the clear snot you get has a natural antibiotic in it?
2006-07-26 03:22:58 · answer #7 · answered by RACHEL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine's Blue!
2006-07-26 03:11:18 · answer #8 · answered by grumpyoldman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it is dead bacteria and germs killed by the bodies immune system, the nose has various defences and the mucous flushes them out
2006-07-26 03:20:36 · answer #9 · answered by DOC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its only green when there is an infection present.
2006-07-31 04:40:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋