Tip of nose: Excruciating *PAIN*

[Babs145]

For the past week or so I've been experiencing nose bleeds, open sores in my nose and swelling and pain on the tip of my nose(on the left side). The sores and bleeding is only in the left nostril. My nose bleeds aren't free flowing. It's more like a small amount of blood that appears when I blow my nose.

My left nostril(on the tip) is very firm and the pain is sometimes excruciating. I thought it might possibly be a pimple under my skin that wasn't surfacing at first. (that's how it feels anyway)

Has anyone ever experienced this?

[Siborg147]

Wow had to reply after reading all the posts on here, and my recurring symptoms are identical to jas333. Flares up about once a month at some point, always firstly the small crack inside one nostril becoming itchy, dry and sore. I've been given naseptin and other antibiotic creams from Doc which seem to help a bit but the really frustratin bit is it just keeps flaring up pretty regularly. Now the eye opener for me after reading all the posts is that I had thought the really painful swelling and soreness of nose tip seemed to happen after I had removed nasal hair. When the small crack first starts getting dry and sore I can't resist removing nasal hair from that area and thought this would help ! I'd started to think this might not be a good idea and now I'm certain it isn't. I guess there's some sort of infection which is always there but not removing nasal hair seems to be the thing to avoid to avoid it all flaring up badly. I'm NOT going to do this again and hopefully things will improve - I'll keep you posted !

[HopeSpirit]

I, too, am expriencing an acute flare of extreme pain/tenderness in the tip of my nose (with bleeding, etc...).  I was grateful to see so many posts; and just put another call into my Dr. b/c now I am worried about possible staph/herpes infections.

BUT... there are two possibilities that I was surprised had not been posted yet:
1. I have a rare autoimmune disease called Relapsing Polychondritis, where the body attacks my own cartilage.  The tip of the nose (and ears) are the most commonly affected.  If you've had recurring episodes of this swelling and pain, I would definitely suggest this to your Drs. The specialists that are equipped to identify and diagnose this particular disease are either an ENT or a Rheumatologist.  It took me years of symptoms, tests, and repeated doctor visits to finally be diagnosed, because it is a rare condition.  I am not suggesting this is an "answer" for the majority of you, but some with persistent or recurring symptoms may want to look into it (other areas affected: eyes, trachea, chest=costochondritis, and some internal organ involvement).  It is one of the few autoimmune illnesses, that can also affect a majority of men (especially in the nose and ears).

2. My second thought may tie into this: I am actually waiting on a test to check if I have stones in my salivary glands (a special X-ray called a "Sialogram").  A large stone or a "blocked stone" could be causing all of my symptoms and can also cause a severe bacterial infection.  Look up symptoms for more info.  Causes can range from autoimmune illnesses (including Sjogren's, which reduces moisture/tear production in all glands and Lupus), overuse of antihistamine/allergy products, drying antidepressant meds, dehydration, etc.  

One test showed that I am not producing any salivary out of one of my Partoid glands (upper cheek bone near the ear) and they think I may have a stone(s).  But seeing as my symptoms are getting worse by the hour (including debilitating headaches on the right side), I am definitely going to pursue this more aggressively after reading the posts.  Thank you!  I 'll update my diagnoses after I know...perhaps it will help some of you get relief, too (because this freakin' HURTS!!)

[anbuma]

i have the same problem on left of my nose.it has been excruciatingly painful and also tip of nose is painful,nose has been swollen(bone)fro several months but my Dr wont do anything despite me keep going back to him.he also wont accept that i have dercums cos of swollen abdomen and hard lumps allover it plus fatty deposits which he said he ddint know what tehy were and taht he had never heard of dercums/previous scans were all clear and Dr wont do anymore even though lumps in abdomen appeared months after i had the scans.

[darlene1956]

i have had this pain myself. whn i blow my nose,touch it try to clean my nostrils out. i have sever sinus, allergies. i have had corrective surgery on my nose twice, the right side of my nose had to have metal plate in it it would not grow straght and would shut air flow off in that side.  i have  asthma and i had to have corrective surgery on my gums.  when i had dentures put in the top the dentist had to take a 1/4" of bone of my top gum first i thought maybe my plate was irritating that area since the plate goes all the way to the top. i just know the pain is very real. if i was to put it on a scale say 1 to 10 then the number would be greater than that. lets say 20.  when i chew on that side  it gets to where i cannot eat.  any type of pressure makes the pain unbearable.  i thought maybe i was the only one having this pain. but i am calling the doctor tomorroe.  it has gotten to where i cannot wear my cpap machine at night because of the irritation. i will let you know what he says.
in a lot of pain.  

[Deadlydj]

Today I went to the doctor.
He said it is just because of body heat.
He gave some antibiotic injection and 2 tablets.
1. Maxyday-IF  - 3 times a day for 2 days
2. Xylo Plus - 3 times a day for 2 days

Within 1 hr of taking medicine the pain and redness on the nose is reduce to a  great extend and I hope by today evening itself it will be cured.

[Deadlydj]

I am also facing the same problem. unbearable pain under the tip of my nose.
I got this very bad cold and cough around 3 weeks back. It took more than 2 weeks to get rid of the cold. It hardly been 3-4 days that cold is gone but since last 2 days I got this redness on the tip of my nose and it pains really bad.

I was thinking that this is just a temporary pimple kind of symptom and would just go away but as everybody else mentioned, I don't see the pimple.
Thanks alot for this posts, I'll go and visit a doctor tomorrow.