It’s that time of year! Everyone knows some one who has a cold right now. Your nose is plugged up and you blow your nose thinking you are helping the congestion along. WRONG! Yep, that’s right, new research shows this is the wrong thing to do. There was an article just posted on The New York Times of all places claiming that blowing your nose causes further damage. Makes sense I guess. They claim it’s not harmful but it could “shoot viruses or bacteria into the sinuses, and possibly cause further infection.”
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