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Chest congestion is a common symptom of respiratory tract infections (like the common cold).

Your mouth, nose, throat, sinuses and lungs are lined with mucus membranes. These membranes contain mucus glands that produce - surprise - mucus.

Many people believe that the colour of your mucus will tell you what kind of infection you have. This just isn't true.

Humidifiers and vaporizers help ease mucus symptoms by adding moisture to the air you breathe.

There's a lot of overlap between cold and flu symptoms.