title: Ask the doctor.  Why does the nose run in cold weather?
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Shmerling
mesh_terms: D003080:Cold Temperature; D003139:Common Cold / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D009093:Mucus / Q000378:metabolism*; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000503:physiopathology; D012621:Seasons