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Blocked nostril: can breathe in, can't breathe out

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john.ma@ccc.ox.ac.uk - 23 Feb 2005 08:55 GMT
Greetings. This is my first post to this group, which I've been
perusing for a while.

My right nostril is badly blocked; I can sometimes breathe in through
that nostril, but can't easily breathe out. Blowing nose with that
nostril is very hard, and makes ears pop.

Have been taking antibiotics for 15 days, with very slight improvement.
Same phenomenon with nasal irrigation: saline flows in right nostril
and very easily out to left, but only with difficulty from left to
right nostril; blowing nose through right nostril hurts ears.

Other symptoms are covered by many helpful posts in this group. Would
this particular one be typical of a hypertrophied right nasal turbinate
?

Best wishes

John
Shirley Thebaglady - 23 Feb 2005 11:05 GMT
John, I get the same thing. Especially in the morning. I take Aleve and
it takes the swelling down  and the blockage starts to drain.
I find the Aleve is good for my sinus headaches too. Sometimes the
pressure gets so bad I do not know what to do.

This winter I am having a lot of problems with my sinus, I use the
saline rinse at night and morning but have to be carefull or it goes
into my ears.

shirley
Steven L. - 23 Feb 2005 15:24 GMT
> Greetings. This is my first post to this group, which I've been
> perusing for a while.
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> this particular one be typical of a hypertrophied right nasal turbinate
> ?

It can be caused by a lot of things.  In my case, infected ethmoid
sinuses which worsened the effect of an already deviated septum.

The only way to know what's really going on is for you to have a sinus
CT scan and a nasal endoscopy.

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Don Brady - 23 Feb 2005 21:22 GMT
>Greetings. This is my first post to this group, which I've been
>perusing for a while.
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>this particular one be typical of a hypertrophied right nasal turbinate
>?

Absolutely.  I think you are exactly correct.

Of course,  the swelling may be due to allergies etc as well as anatomy.
john.ma@ccc.ox.ac.uk - 24 Feb 2005 08:28 GMT
Thank you and best wishes to all who took the trouble to reply. As the
Greeks say, may it (your illness) pass.

John

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