When you have an allergic reaction, like from dust mites, your body goes into defence mode. One of the primary defence mechanisms your body has is mucus / snot / phlegm. The properties of your mucus can give you some insights into your dust mite allergy symptoms.
- Increased Amount of Mucus: in your nose / throat / mouth. Your body makes more mucus to trap and dust mite particles from your airways.
- Thick Mucus Consistency: The mucus will be thicker and stickier. Thick and sticky mucus gets trapped in airways. This allows your body to stop the dust mite allergens from entering further into your body
- White Mucus Colour: White Blood Cells, are part of your immune system and rush to the scene of the dust mite allergen. As they gather in the mucus, they can change its colour to white. The more of these white blood cells, the more white your mucus will be.
See the below image for more information about what the colour of mucus means.
