Blood in Mucus

[Tara347]

I also have extreme dryness, but it is more common when there is a heater on. My nostrils get extremely dry and sometimes I wake up unable to breathe through my nose because of the mucus. More often than not there is blood in my mucus, however I also tend to wake up or am unable to sleep because of an extremely dry cough. I am worried as to the contagious nature. However I am not nor have I been running a fever. Just extremely achy and miserable.

[Enoch Choi, MD]

Without a fever (t>100.4) it's more likely to be viral, especially if it's been less than 10 days.

[dolly2468]

hey you know what ! try STERIMAR

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I USED TO BE SO BUNGED UP ! AND NOW I CAN BREATHE AND ALL THE RUBBISH COMES OUT ! I HAD BLOODY TO IN MUCUS AS NOSE WAS SO DRY! BUT THIS STUFF IS WONDERFUL!

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[Enoch Choi, MD]

I consider all saline nasal sprays to be equal, I don't see how sterimar could be better than another.

Saline nasal rinses have been shown to be better than sprays:

http://archotol.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/133/11/1115

Nasal Saline for Chronic Sinonasal Symptoms

A Randomized Controlled Trial

Melissa A. Pynnonen, MD; Shraddha S. Mukerji, MD; H. Myra Kim, ScD; Meredith E. Adams, MD; Jeffrey E. Terrell, MD

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007;133(11):1115-1120.

Objective  To determine if isotonic sodium chloride (hereinafter "saline") nasal irrigations performed with large volume and delivered with low positive pressure are more effective than saline sprays at improving quality of life and decreasing medication use.

Design  A prospective, randomized controlled trial.

Setting  Community.

Participants  A total of 127 adults with chronic nasal and sinus symptoms.

Interventions  Patients were randomly assigned to irrigation performed with large volume and delivered with low positive pressure (n = 64) or spray (n = 63) for 8 weeks.

Main Outcome Measures  Change in symptom severity measured by mean 20-Item Sino-Nasal Outcome Test (SNOT-20) score; change in symptom frequency measured with a global question; and change in medication use.

Results  A total of 121 patients were evaluable. The irrigation group achieved lower SNOT-20 scores than the spray group at all 3 time points: 4.4 points lower at 2 weeks (P = .02); 8.2 points lower at 4 weeks (P < .001); and 6.4 points lower at 8 weeks (P = .002). When symptom frequency was analyzed, 40% of subjects in the irrigation group reported symptoms "often or always" at 8 weeks compared with 61% in the spray group (absolute risk reduction, 0.2; 95% confidence interval, 0.02-0.38 (P = .01). No significant differences in sinus medication use were seen between groups.

Conclusion  Nasal irrigations performed with large volume and delivered with low positive pressure are more effective than saline sprays for treatment of chronic nasal and sinus symptoms in a community-based population.

Trial Registration  clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00318006


Author Affiliations: Departments of Otolaryngology (Drs Pynnonen, Adams, and Terrell) and Biostatistics and Center for Statistical Consultation and Research (Dr Kim), University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor; and Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston (Dr Mukerji).