Boogers Are Gross, But They Also Protect You!

When we’re sick, we get those awful boogers that keep coming out of our nose.  But did you know that boogers are actually made to help and protect you?  That’s right, boogers are actually your friend (a gross friend, that is).  There’s a lot of stuff that fly around in the air during the day that your eyes can’t see.  What happens is they go up your nostril and inside your nostril are little hairs called cilia.  Cilia actually blocks most of the particles from going up your nose, but sometimes these particles will get through the cilia.  That’s when your friend, the boogers, will trap them and destroy them.  If you have a lot of boogers, you will naturally want to blow your nose.  That’s when you’re actually blowing out all of the bad particles (such as dust and bacteria) along with the boogers.  So, there you have it – boogers are not as bad as we think they are!