Everyone must have "ngupil". This "ngupil" passion is quite fun, and it is almost done by everyone regardless of age. Although some call "ngupil" is a useful and exciting activity, but some are called "ngupil" is a human behavior that is judged negative, dirty, and dangerous. It can even cause death effects. Really "ngupil" is dangerous?
What is Whining?
"Ngupil" (in English: boogies, bogeys) is a human activity to clean up the dirt or foreign objects in the nose. Membram mukosa in the nasal cavity will be produced and produced continuously every day, which will dry up due to air density, and form a solid that we call upil. This dry secretion will stick to the small hair (cilia) in the nasal cavity.
In addition, this dry and hardened mucus will usually cause an irritating sensation that gives rise to itching. It is the sensation that triggers people to pick their noses. The habit of picking the nose is often called ashairhinotillexomania.
Reason for Picking Nos
The reason someone "ngupil" there are various kinds. It involves unconscious psychological behavior such as being stunned or thinking about something. Just as the tendency of people biting your nails or sucking your thumb is unconsciously done in a public place. Activity mengupil associated with negative feelings that interfere with the mind of a person so unconscious humans do it in public.
In addition, the nose usually has its own sensitivity to external stimuli. The nose is easily irritated by triggering substances such as chemicals, odors, air pollution, or other allergic substances. When the nose is irritated it will arise itching, sneezing, even leading to flu symptoms.
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- Easy to Flu
The flu virus is a type of airborne infectious disease and many other ways. One of them can be transmitted by oneself through dirty hands. When infected with the flu, usually will continue to the itchy nose, inflammation of the throat, sneezing and finally catch a cold-flu. Unclean hands (unhygienic) can be a medium of infection in the nasal cavity.
- Hair Loss Nose
Cilium hair serves to filter out dust, bacteria and pathogenic viruses, as well as foreign objects that enter the nasal cavity. Without cilia any type of pathogen disease that spreads through the air can enter freely to the body. The inclusion of fingers when "ngupil" into the nasal cavity at risk can knock the cilia.
The cilia will be thin and gradually disappear. Without cilia (as a natural filter) then viruses and bacteria will easily enter into the body.
- Wounded Nose Hollow Layer (nosebleed)
Fingers with sharp nails, it makes it easier to pry out dry secretions that stick. But the nasal cavities are prone to injury from long nails. In the nasal cavity there are blood vessels, when the blood vessels will occur nosebleeds. Blood will come out of the wound.
- The danger of meningitis
Be careful when picking the nose, because if too deep scraping will touch the inner sinuses adjacent to the brain. There is a bone called an ethmoid bone that separates the nose and brain. If the time of nose is not careful, it will pierce this bone. As a result fluid in the brain will leak and can cause meningitis, namely inflammation of the central nervous system protective lining.