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Sore scab in nose wont go away...been a rough ride...
Here is the story,
I have had a sore in my left nostril for years now towards the cartilage. No, its not from coke or anything as I have never done anything like that. I get a scab, I blow it out of my nose, and it comes back 12hrs to 24hrs later. I tried to explain that it blows out on a regular basis. Sometimes I pick it out and it bleeds. I use saline spray and saline gel on a regular basis and have used vasaline, bacitracin, and antifungal steroid creme.
I have gone to 2 ENT specialists. 1st one told me not to pick my scab and it will heal. Well that’s pretty much impossible because I blow my nose and it comes out (if I keep it lubricated). Also, the scab covers my airway and is unbearable. 2nd doc cauterized my nose to “shock it” and stimulate cell growth. It didn’t work. Was painful as heck and then I found out I was allergic to basitracin. I then had Nose surgery for a biopsy, and it came back negative, so no cancer (yay!). He said that is seems like the cells aren’t normal in my nose so it isn’t healing right.
Here is the problem though, from the biopsy, he cut up my nose, and now that area he cut out will not heal either. So he took a small area that wouldn’t heal, and made it much larger. As disgusting as this sounds, it forms a scab and oddly resembles a craisin in size and color. It is like a blood clot and the scab gets so large it blocks my airway, but now it is so far back from the surgery that I cant even see the sore in the mirror.
I went to the ENT for a follow up, but I ended up seeing another doctor and they told me to just keep it moist. It was typical but useless advice because it just keeps scabbing up! Anyways, I am seeing the ENT that did my surgery on Friday, and I hope he has some sort of solution. It just doesn’t make sense, some weeks I try to leave it alone for a couple days, and it feels like it might scab up and never come back, then I blow the scab out and it feels completely gone! But then it comes back within a day.
I am mentally and physically exhausted from this nose issue I feel like I have done everything in my power, and it is even worse than when I started. Any advice or related stories are welcomed.
I have had a sore in my left nostril for years now towards the cartilage. No, its not from coke or anything as I have never done anything like that. I get a scab, I blow it out of my nose, and it comes back 12hrs to 24hrs later. I tried to explain that it blows out on a regular basis. Sometimes I pick it out and it bleeds. I use saline spray and saline gel on a regular basis and have used vasaline, bacitracin, and antifungal steroid creme.
I have gone to 2 ENT specialists. 1st one told me not to pick my scab and it will heal. Well that’s pretty much impossible because I blow my nose and it comes out (if I keep it lubricated). Also, the scab covers my airway and is unbearable. 2nd doc cauterized my nose to “shock it” and stimulate cell growth. It didn’t work. Was painful as heck and then I found out I was allergic to basitracin. I then had Nose surgery for a biopsy, and it came back negative, so no cancer (yay!). He said that is seems like the cells aren’t normal in my nose so it isn’t healing right.
Here is the problem though, from the biopsy, he cut up my nose, and now that area he cut out will not heal either. So he took a small area that wouldn’t heal, and made it much larger. As disgusting as this sounds, it forms a scab and oddly resembles a craisin in size and color. It is like a blood clot and the scab gets so large it blocks my airway, but now it is so far back from the surgery that I cant even see the sore in the mirror.
I went to the ENT for a follow up, but I ended up seeing another doctor and they told me to just keep it moist. It was typical but useless advice because it just keeps scabbing up! Anyways, I am seeing the ENT that did my surgery on Friday, and I hope he has some sort of solution. It just doesn’t make sense, some weeks I try to leave it alone for a couple days, and it feels like it might scab up and never come back, then I blow the scab out and it feels completely gone! But then it comes back within a day.
I am mentally and physically exhausted from this nose issue I feel like I have done everything in my power, and it is even worse than when I started. Any advice or related stories are welcomed.
worked like a charm!!! thank god!
going to buy lanolin now, will report back, had this issue for almost a year!
I will buy that now too!
Thank you!
Thank you!
Yes me too Paul. Yesterday I went straight to the Chemist/Pharmicist and bought some 'Lansinoh' -for Breast feeding mothers' and applied it to the affected areas in my nostrils. Overnight, gone!
I woke up a new man!
I woke up a new man!
So glad I found this thread. I had a sore in my nostril that just would not heal. Horrible nose bleeds including an especially nasty one in the middle night. I started putting lanolin (Lanosoe brand) in my nostril in the morning and again at bedtime. Within a week it was noticeably better. The nose bleeds stopped and within three weeks it was completely healed. Can't thank everyone on here enough or recommend lanolin strongly enough!
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