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What is this nose problem?

Ever since I was a little kid, usually when the seasons change my nose goes crazy.  It starts out irritated on the inside and edges of my nostrils and it took me a while to figure this out but as long as I put some anti bacterial cream on it right away it would go away in a few days.  But when I didn't know that it would spread and cover most of my nose in a scab and nothing helps.  Anyone have any idea what this is?
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Your nasals passage contract and closes and regulates mucus level based on the seasonal changes in air winter has denser air so the nasal passage narrow i decreases on that sharp feeling of crisp winter air  more mucus is created for the warmer months to collect dander and pollen in the air also the nasal passage enlarges itself to take in the lighter warm air it is best when you sense seasonal changes like lower nasal mucus level to lube your inner nostril rings with vaseline and the ourside of your nose starts to rash because you are unnoticably rubbing your nose the colder it gets because of seasonal changes
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I hope it's the right track and you can get some relief without having to use that cream even!
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Yeah def corresponds to switching over to ac from heat or vice versa, thanks for the info
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875426 tn?1325528416
Does it correspond then, since it happens with the change in temperature, with starting to have air conditioning or heating more in where you spend time (be it work or home)?  If so, do you have excellent filtering at work/home for the A/C/heating system?  If not, consider allergies again and consider potentially as well a drying out effect from the forced air.
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Oh and I said seasons but it really more when it goes from hot to cold or cold to hot
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No I haven't, my parent's took me to a regular doc I think when I was a little kid, but they never figured it out.
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875426 tn?1325528416
It sounds like it might be an allergic reaction of some sort- have you ever gone to an allergist for testing on what things might come with the first of each season that you might be allergic to (pollen, mold spores, weeds, etc.)?  
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