Blocked nostril: can breathe in, can't breathe out
Question:
Greetings. This is my first post to this group, which I’ve been perusing for a while. My right nostril is badly blocked; I can sometimes breathe in through that nostril, but can’t easily breathe out. Blowing nose with that nostril is very hard, and makes ears pop. Have been taking antibiotics for 15 days, with very slight improvement. Same phenomenon with nasal irrigation: saline flows in right nostril and very easily out to left, but only with difficulty from left to right nostril; blowing nose through right nostril hurts ears. Other symptoms are covered by many helpful posts in this group. Would this particular one be typical of a hypertrophied right nasal turbinate ? Best wishes John
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John, I get the same thing. Especially in the morning. I take Aleve and it takes the swelling down and the blockage starts to drain. I find the Aleve is good for my sinus headaches too. Sometimes the pressure gets so bad I do not know what to do. This winter I am having a lot of problems with my sinus, I use the saline rinse at night and morning but have to be carefull or it goes into my ears. shirley
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -john…@ccc.ox.ac.uk wrote: > Greetings. This is my first post to this group, which I’ve been > perusing for a while. > My right nostril is badly blocked; I can sometimes breathe in through > that nostril, but can’t easily breathe out. Blowing nose with that > nostril is very hard, and makes ears pop. > Have been taking antibiotics for 15 days, with very slight improvement. > Same phenomenon with nasal irrigation: saline flows in right nostril > and very easily out to left, but only with difficulty from left to > right nostril; blowing nose through right nostril hurts ears. > Other symptoms are covered by many helpful posts in this group. Would > this particular one be typical of a hypertrophied right nasal turbinate > ?
It can be caused by a lot of things. In my case, infected ethmoid sinuses which worsened the effect of an already deviated septum. The only way to know what’s really going on is for you to have a sinus CT scan and a nasal endoscopy. — Steven D. Litvintchouk Email: sdlit…@earthlinkNOSPAM.net Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me.
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On 23 Feb 2005 00:55:04 -0800, john…@ccc.ox.ac.uk wrote: >Greetings. This is my first post to this group, which I’ve been >perusing for a while. >My right nostril is badly blocked; I can sometimes breathe in through >that nostril, but can’t easily breathe out. Blowing nose with that >nostril is very hard, and makes ears pop. >Have been taking antibiotics for 15 days, with very slight improvement. >Same phenomenon with nasal irrigation: saline flows in right nostril >and very easily out to left, but only with difficulty from left to >right nostril; blowing nose through right nostril hurts ears. >Other symptoms are covered by many helpful posts in this group. Would >this particular one be typical of a hypertrophied right nasal turbinate >?
Absolutely. I think you are exactly correct. Of course, the swelling may be due to allergies etc as well as anatomy.
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Thank you and best wishes to all who took the trouble to reply. As the Greeks say, may it (your illness) pass. John
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