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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / February 2006blocked nostril
let me start by saying im 17. a bit ago i noticed my left nostril was severely stuffed up. after further, and more recent inspection, i started thinking of it as more severe... i started googling and diagnosed myself as having septal hematomia (this scared the sh.t out of me because i did try cocaine once / have a slight (and i guess natural) saddle nose). got to my physician and he said no - but he wasnt sure about it either. he thinks its an infection and ive been on antibiotics for 2 days now, but we both have our doubts. it "feels" to me, like a deviated septum : but this (again) could be the internet scaring me. so what im wondering is : before my next appointment, is there an obvious way i can know the difference / what i have with these symptoms? i really just want to get on with my lifeeee best, nick >let me start by saying im 17. a bit ago i noticed my left nostril was >severely stuffed up. after further, and more recent inspection, i [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >slight (and i guess natural) saddle nose). got to my physician and he >said no - but he wasnt sure about it either. I dount that anyone here could possibly tell whether or not you have a septal hematoma. I wouls even be darn careful before accepting that as a diagnosis except from a very expericned rhinologist. After all, a stuffy nose ids an extremely common symptom of swollen tubinates due to allergies. Yes septal seviation can contibute too but is unlikely to be the whole story. >he thinks its an infection and ive been on antibiotics for 2 days now, >but we both have our doubts. it "feels" to me, like a deviated septum : It is good to test theories in your mind like that. However, I I have done it many times and come up with many more false hypotheses than accurate ones. >but this (again) could be the internet scaring me. so what im wondering >is : before my next appointment, is there an obvious way i can know the >difference / what i have with these symptoms? No, because it is very common symptom of nothing more than allergies or infection to start with... There's nothing to be really scared about concerning a deviated septum. If I *had* to guess, you may have a mild to moderate deviation that is slightly blocking your left side, and this is contributing to the allergy/infection/inflammation in your left side. If the issue doesn't clear up with this course of antibiotics, the physician will probably put you on a stronger antibiotic. If that one doesn't clear it up, you could request a referral to an ENT. What kind of drainage, if any, are you seeing? Any green/yellow/brown mucus? > let me start by saying im 17. a bit ago i noticed my left nostril was > severely stuffed up. after further, and more recent inspection, i [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > best, > nick I was perhaps 13 when I first notice that I would have a tenancy to have one nostril totally stuffed up. I now know that the membranes in the blocked side are swollen and full of mucus. I can open that blockage with a spray of Afrin. I suggest that you use this drug a little sparingly becasue it can become addictive and you will have what is called a "rebound affect". Just one spray in the blocked nostril will probably be enough to open your nose. i just recovered from a pretty bad flu - my mucus is mostly clear (occasionally yellow). im just uncomfortable in my body and would probably be better off going to therapy than the physician -- but (haha), ill try the afrin, i can hardly breathe from the nostril & need something like this i just recovered from a pretty bad flu - my mucus is mostly clear (occasionally yellow). im just uncomfortable in my body and would probably be better off going to therapy than the physician -- but (haha), ill try the afrin, i can hardly breathe from the nostril & need something like this >i just recovered from a pretty bad flu - my mucus is mostly clear >(occasionally yellow). im just uncomfortable in my body and would >probably be better off going to therapy than the physician -- but >(haha), ill try the afrin, > >i can hardly breathe from the nostril & need something like this It is addictive if used for over 3 days. You must not use it more than that. kind of scary. im using it sparingly, it seems like the antibiotics arent really helping - - - oh well, ill just wait and see
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