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Thick mucus drainage from nose
Thick mucous drainage from the nose is a symptom in which the mucous coming out of the nose is thicker than clear mucous, and may also be yellowish or greenish in color. This may mean that there is a nasal or sinus bacterial infection.
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A 21-year old female asked:
Sore & painful throat with redness, nose drainage, and clear/yellow mucus with streaks of blood? Sinuses maybe? Smoker (ciggs)
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A 40-year old male asked:
Temp of 99-99.8 usually 96-97 with nasal (oxymetazoline) congestion, sore throat, drainage down throat for the last 5 days and now coughing up yellowish mucus. Help?
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A 37-year old asked:
I am having a thick mucus discharge,i am 50?
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A 36-year old asked:
Is the mucus plug white thick discharge?
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A 47-year old asked:
Thick mucus discharge? What did she give me?
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A 27-year old asked:
is a clear thick mucus like vaginal discharge normal?
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A 44-year old asked:
Slimy, thick, pinkish tinted mucus vaginal discharge a few days. Why?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I'm 16 wks preg. Fora few days ive had a thick white mucus stringy discharge. Should I worry?
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A 21-year old asked:
My 9-month-old's nose started running two days ago. Now when she sneezes, her mucus is thick and green. No other symptoms. What can I do to help her?
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A 23-year old male asked:
What does it mean to have thick clear mucus running from nose with no cold?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Lately I have been getting a white mucus thick discharge in my vagina, I have been having sex with my bf sometimes it's more than once a day?
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A 27-year old female asked about a 19-year old female:
Is a clear thick mucus like vaginal discharge for several days an indicator of ovulation?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Slimy greenish yellowish thick mucus and discharge coming from vagina slight vaginal bleeding?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I have a saw saw chest when I cough and a stuffy nose with green thick mucus how can I relive these symptoms please?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Does yeast infection discharge always have to be white and clumpy? Can it be crusty white/clear thick white mucus discharge? No strong odor
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A 21-year old asked:
What could be the cause of my lower abdomin pain n thick mucus discharge with a little bit of blood?
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A 38-year old female asked:
I have a brownish thick mucus post menstrual discharge a week after menses. Then its clear and i am normal. Is this normal?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Very+low+fever+and+white+thick+nasal+mucus for more then 3 weeks going and coming back . I have no caugh, could it be sinusitis ?
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A female asked:
I have sticky thick clear mucus at the back of my throat. My nose is blocked but not running. It hurts to eat. Feels like a giant ball of mucus?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Have had a bad chest cough for 3 weeks suddenly am having bright yellow thick mucus in my nose. Ive totally lost my taste and smell..is this serious?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Have strep for 12 days now. I have ALOT of mucus. so much that I pulled thick strings out my nose & its yellow/brwn/red. Cough up mucus. Rx not workin?
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A 73-year old male asked:
Can there be chronic allergic sinusitis with only significant nasal (oxymetazoline) congestion and malaise without any apparent mucus or nasal (oxymetazoline) discharge?
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A 30-year old asked:
I have not had a period in eight yrs ,i am having a thick mucus discharge,i am 50 and have finished menopause?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Stopped depo shot Nov 2012. Periods not regular; barely had one at all. Thick mucus like discharge more like boogers. Ovulation or what?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I get mucus out of my mouth and nose too. Sometimes because of talking sometimes out of the blue. It comes out thick white or yellow. Please help.
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A 40-year old asked:
What can I do to treat thick sticky mucus in my nose and throat?
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A 35-year old male asked:
My 15 month old daughter has pimples on her face that started 4 days ago with a runny green mucus discharge from nose. No pimples on body.?
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A 20-year old female asked:
I have thick white creamy not clumping discharge/mucus. It had no odor and no irritation or pain. Lower cramp like back pain. Nausea. Cold&Hot flashes
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A 38-year old asked:
Thick mucus discharge and stabbing abdominal pains after childbirth?
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A 22-year old female asked:
For the past 12 months i have been experiencing thick saliva, nose mucus contaminated with blood, and 'gritty' eyes. what could this be due to?
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