Green snot (sorry)

[MissCommando]

I've got a bit of a cold at the mo and for the last couple of days, I've had green snot. I've had green snot in the past and just left it and it went away. Should I pay the doc a visit or leave it to clear itself? I feel quite well in myself, not chesty or no temperature.
Thanks

[ummmm]

Leave it to clear itself. Well I would.

[China Doll]

I thought green snot was ok.... And if snot is coming out then that generally means cold is clearing. That was the impression I've always had anyway.

[Bbbananas]

Green snot snot's so bad (sorry).

But if you're coughing up green phlegm for any length of time or short of breath, that's the time to probably see the GP.

[MissCommando]

Aah thanks all for your answers. I would have left it personally but my hubby said it might be worth getting checked out. I got the answer I wanted lol

[MissCommando]

salla - that's so bad lol!

[Sqad]

ummmm is correct.

[society]

Hello there good Doc! Isn't green mucus a sign of an infection?

[cazzz1975]

a cold can take a week to clear, I would leave it run its course If I were you.

[4getmenot]

if its really green then could be infection

[Sqad]

Coloured sputum, snot or otherwise.
Indeed green or yellow is a sign of secondary bacterial infection............the question is "Should antibiotics be used?" and the answer is, if the patient has no temperature and feels well in him/herself, then the answer is NO.

[Bbbananas]

Then, in that case sqad, I am also correct...... mais non?

[Sqad]

salla....c'est juste.

[4getmenot]

its snot/phlegm that would usually be clear. Bogies are green because they are germs that have been trapped by nostril hairs so you dont breath them in, thats why you get black bogies when you go to London.

[Bbbananas]

... or when you've been doing a lot of gardening, field work, bulb cleaning (I used to hate that...) also. ;-)

[Roughquest]

yes, green mucous is a sign of infection, if it is streaked with blood, please go see your GP as you may need antibiotics to help clear up your infection, but healthy mucous from your nose should be clear..similar to egg white. Hope it clears up soon.

[RATTER15]

Roughquest, are we talking raw or cooked egg white, mine doesnt taste like either and when its green it gets stuck in your teeth!!!