What are the harms of picking your nose frequently

Sometimes, there are often some boogers in people's noses. People feel uncomfortable with boogers and often pick them. In fact, this is wrong. There are many bacteria and viruses on people's hands, which will enter the human respiratory organs when picking the boogers and cause some diseases. So if you feel that there is boogers in your nose, you can use some salt water to wash it, so that the boogers will be easily washed out.

Disadvantages of picking nose:

1. Bacteria, viruses and other pathogenic microorganisms on your hands can be brought into the respiratory tract, easily causing respiratory infections.

2. Mechanical stimulation of the nasal mucosa can easily cause nasal inflammation, such as acute rhinitis, sinusitis, etc.

3. If you accidentally puncture a blood vessel in the nasal cavity, it may cause heavy bleeding.

4. Picking your nose often removes your nose hairs, making the nasal cavity a portal for microbial invasion and easily causing anterior nasal infection. Since the nose is located in the medical "danger triangle", if the inflammation is not well controlled, it may invade the skull and endanger life.

5. Long-term (usually 20 years) mechanical and inflammatory stimulation of the nasal mucosa can cause a variety of benign and malignant tumors in the nasal cavity. For example, benign ones include intranasal papilloma, nasal sinus osteoma, nasal sinus hemangioma, and fibroma; there are also malignant ones, among which nasopharyngeal carcinoma is very scary.

6. Picking your nose is also an indecent behavior that makes people feel uncomfortable.

7. The nose is the gateway to the human respiratory tract. ① The nasal cavity is rich in capillaries, which secrete viscous fluid to warm the cold air and moisten the dry air. ②The crisscross pattern of nose hair acts like a protective barrier, filtering out dust and impurities in the inhaled air. The normal function of the nose is directly related to the health of the respiratory tract.

Bad nose picking habits often lead to atrophic rhinitis. Due to the atrophy of nasal mucosa and the decrease of secretions, the defense ability of the nasal cavity decreases or is lost, leading to a series of respiratory diseases, such as chronic pharyngitis, chronic tracheitis, sinusitis, and even secondary lung infections.