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Does yellow snot mean bacterial or viral?
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Irrelevant: The color of your snot tells you nothing. People who have colds often have yellow snot, but the cold is still caused by a virus.
Answered 7/23/2014
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No: There is a myth that snot turns yellow in a cold because of bacterial superinfection. It is actually necrosis from the viral infection.
Answered 1/19/2018
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