Body IQ Daily

**⚪ That tiny white bump may be a keratin-filled cyst.**

When keratin becomes trapped beneath the skin, it can form a small, smooth, white or pearly bump called a milia.

**💦 Sweat is your body’s natural cooling system.**

When sweat evaporates from your skin, it carries heat away from the body, helping regulate your temperature and prevent overheating.

**🕷️ The real cause of scabies hides beneath the skin.** Tiny mites burrow into the outer skin layer, creating tunnels where they live and lay eggs, triggering intense itching and irritation.

**😳👄 Your tonsils can become the body's first battleground against infection.** These small masses of immune tissue help trap bacteria and viruses entering through your mouth and nose, triggering an immune response that can cause throat soreness and swelling.

**🤰🛡️ Your body creates a natural barrier during pregnancy.** The thick, gel-like cervical mucus plug helps block bacteria and other microbes from entering the uterus, supporting a protected environment for the developing baby.

**👀💛 Those yellow patches around your eyes may signal something beneath the skin.** Xanthelasma are soft, yellowish deposits that can be associated with abnormal cholesterol levels and other lipid disorders.

**🖋️ Tattoo ink doesn't always stay where it's injected.** Some pigment particles can be carried away from the skin by immune cells and accumulate in nearby lymph nodes, where they may remain for years.

**👃 Your nose filters the air before it reaches your lungs.** Nasal hairs trap larger particles, while mucus catches dust and debris, helping prevent unwanted particles from traveling deeper into your respiratory system.

**💥 A cyst can build pressure beneath your skin before it suddenly ruptures.**

As the sac fills with keratin, fluid, or other material, pressure can increase until the cyst breaks open, releasing its contents into the surrounding area.