• Question: why are bogeys green,yellow or crusty?

    Asked by Adiboo to Andy, Duane, Giovanna, Katie, Theresia on 12 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Theresia Mina

      Theresia Mina answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      earwax?

    • Photo: Duane Mellor

      Duane Mellor answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      They become crusty as they dry out
      I think the colour of bogeys depends if they have bacteria, dirt or dead cells stuck in them

    • Photo: Andrew Philp

      Andrew Philp answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      I would guess that the colour reflects what is in them. A darker colour seems to occur when you have a running cold and so i would guess that this is when there is a lot of bacteria around due to the infection. Crusty is when they dry out…. (you can probably guess i’m not an expert in this area!)

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