Is swallowing a catarrh bad for your health?

Our body produces 75 to 100 ml of catarrh daily. Much of it is swallowed by instinct continuously and goes to rest in the stomach

No, as long as the catarrh is yours. It is that someone else's phlegm (as well as other human fluids like pus and semen) carries viruses and other microorganisms that can cause illness if they survive stomach acid and pancreatic enzymes. That is: do not go around eating someone else's catarrh!

At best, swallowing your catarrh may delay your digestion a little, if that is too much. But if you get sick, pay attention to the color - it may indicate some problem. White catarrh is a sign of inflammation (as sinusitis), yellowish or greenish is a sign of bacterial infection and red indicates the presence of blood, which can be a sign of bronchitis, pneumonia and even lung cancer.

Curiosity: phlegm is composed of 90 to 95% by water, 2 to 4% by mucins (gelatinous part) and 1% by salts, lipids, inflammatory components, cellular debris and others.

1) ABOVE AND DOWN

The inside of our respiratory tract is lined with mucous membrane, which produces the viscous substance that comes out of the nose. The secretion produced in the lower airways (trachea, bronchi and lungs) is called a catarrh, while the one produced in the upper ones (nasal cavity, pharynx and larynx) is called coryza. The mucosa has cilia that move, carrying the mucus to the mouth

2) GOELA BELOW

Our body produces 75 to 100 ml of catarrh daily. Much of it is swallowed by instinct continuously and goes to rest in the stomach. Microorganisms that may be present, such as viruses and bacteria, are digested. And if they survived, that's okay, since they already existed in our body before. The problem would be to swallow someone else's phlegm, which has a different bacterial flora and could cause infections

3) GRUDENTA POOL

But phlegm can be risky. If you are sick, with some inflammation or infection, it can accumulate in the lungs, leading to other infections. A person who has frequent infections in the lungs may have bronchiectasis, a dilation of the bronchi, which in turn increases the retention of secretions, facilitating new infections and turning everything into a vicious circle