Boogers

Boogers are actually a defense mechanism of your body, and if your body produces produces boogers, you should know that your immunes system is functioning properly. The air we breathe is never pure, and contains all kinds of dust and germs that would be harmful inside our bodies. Your nose is lined with mucus membrane, which is a specialized tissue that produces mucus, a slimy clear substance. This mucus traps all these unwanted germs as they enter the body, before they are able to proceed down onto your lungs, as well as containing enzymes and antibodies, that destroy these unwanted visitors. After the mucus is filled up with germs, it turn its greenish color, and becomes what we know as boogers. Your body produces about a 1/4 of a liter of mucus a day, and more when you are sick, to stop germs. Nasal hairs in your nose, called cilia, push your boogers to 1 of 2 places, either down your throat to be swallowed, or down you nose so you can blow them out.