blocked up nose

blahblah

one side of my nose seems to be permanently blocked,
it switches sides but at least one side is always blocked,

im a smoker but i gave up for 5 months and that didnt seem to change anything,
its very annoying,

anyone know of a reason or a cure?????

Mac daddy

try picking it out, or else of a doctor get him to have a look at it if you have it a long time. :ninja:

GoneShootin

this is perfectly natural. i think EVERYONE's nose in the world works like this. if you put your finger up to your nostrils, the majority of the time you will find that only one nostril functions at a time. it switches over during the say several times.

this is why a "blocked nose", as in headcold is so severe, becuase then both nostrils seem to be "blocked" and you get all stuffy.

akaif the nose is ment to work like that. you may be more sensitive to it from your past smoking habits, I dont know.

To make a little experiment , you can breathe through one nostril at a time, by blocking up the other nostril with your thumb, and then change over: you will normally find that you breathe more easily through one nostril than through the other - but it won't always be the same nostril, of course. The left nostril being freer is an indicator that the right side of the brain is dominant for the time being; and vice versa.

http://www.newrenaissance.ibs.ee/brain/pages/01-left-right.htm

This was a concern of mine but the Respiratory Therapist that manages the sleep lab where I was evaluated, who trained at Stanford School of Sleep Medicine told me that it's normal--most of us, sleep apnea or not, end up only breathing through one nostril at a time while asleep.

http://www.sleepnet.com/apnea46/messages/401.html

ferdi

i'd have to disagree there, both my nostrils work together...at the same time.

GoneShootin

i did say

I think.....

and

majority of the time

for example this morning both were fully open. now it seems my right one is more open than the other.

ferdi, have you examined this late at night ? have you tested your nose over a period of time, or are you disgreeing because right now at this moment they are in tandem ?

btw, your avatar would suggets that your nostrils are huge, can thus would prove diffcult to block

patch

It's prolly to do with your sinuses. once the weather gets stuffy, and I'm stuck inside, without proper fresh air...I get's clogged up on one side.

I know a guy who had surgery to correct this, and even considered it myself. -But it's almost gone now that I don't work in hot, stuffy kitchens anymore.......

TacT

Anywhere hot/stuffy seems to have this effect on me, I had terrible trouble with my nose as a kid though - constantly clogged. Get to your GP, let him know the story and he'll probably prescribe something like beconase to clear it up. Failing that try carry a pack of ridiculously strong mints/chewing gum/halls or something else to clear ya up if it's just buggin ya from time to time in stuffy rooms/kitchens.

Thanx 4 The Fish

I have a similar problem, deviated septum was the prognosis. It can get fairly serious and can lead to headaches and v bad sinusitis. Can get an op to get it all sorted though. Best go to a doctor who may know what they are talking about.

blahblah

Originally posted by Thanx 4 The Fish
I have a similar problem, deviated septum was the prognosis.

isnt that what happens when ye sniff too much blow?

Shinji

If you have a constantly blocked nose, it's an idea to go and speak to your GP about allergies. A lot of people have allergies to things and don't ever realise it, but they put up with the symptoms all throughout their lives. A friend of mine was plagued with eczema until she was in her thirties and then discovered that it was an allergic reaction to a couple of types of cheese; another had blocked sinuses permanently until he was in his early twenties when he found out that he was allergic to a type of preservative used in some breakfast cereals.

po0k

Originally posted by blahblah
one side of my nose seems to be permanently blocked,
it switches sides but at least one side is always blocked,

im a smoker but i gave up for 5 months and that didnt seem to change anything,
its very annoying,

anyone know of a reason or a cure?????

How old are you? teenager?


You probably need to have your adenoids (spelling?) reduced.
They are at the very back of the nasal passage and should reduce in size as you get older, but sometimes they don't.
They then have to be surgically reduced.
I had it done when I was about 13, sorted me right out after years of no-dairy diets and every other sort of shite my mother could think of instead of just going to a "proper" doctor from day one.

Bloody hippies.....



/me goes off to burn some incense and heat some lavender oil....

smiles

My septum is broken

Ah well! I still get blocked noses, they can be terrible to shake, lasting bloody weeks!

Try inhaling some of those unblocking things?

<< Fio >>

Big Chief

Originally posted by smiles
Try inhaling some of those unblocking things?

<< Fio >>

yeh the vicks stuff ive found used to be really good for that


goneshootin = i would also disagree , both my nostrils work together in harmony!

Silent Bob

The real problem I always have with those "inhaley things" is that when I have a bad cold I can't breath through my nose AT ALL, thus making any kind of inhaling device completely pointless

phaxx

Oh, I've had problems with this!

It's been going on for years, feeling crap in the mornings, blocked nose, runny nose, sinuses in a state.

After a few doctor's visits and a few spray thingies, he sent me to a specialist in St. Vincents, who poked around on about three visits and thought I might need an operation to reduce "pollops" or something.

They decided the operation wouldn't do much good, and gave out more sprays, which I'm using every evening. It seems to be going away slowly, but there are bad days here and there where I either can't breathe, (makes kissing very frustrating ) make huge amounts of annoying noise, or gush goo all sodding day. Overall it's getting better - if you're given any sort of spray thing, keep using it, it does work eventually. (few weeks)

As for the nose being blocked so you can't use a spray, I was told to, erm, inhale salty water. I was given a little canister of the stuff and a fancy attachment for spraying the stuff out of your nose, but I didn't like that much.

DMT

If you could get your hands on a small bottle of ammonia, one whiff of that would violently vaporise the snot out of an elephant.
Downside of it is if you spill any of it on yourself, it will literally burn a hole right through you.

oneweb

Originally posted by Silent Bob
The real problem I always have with those "inhaley things" is that when I have a bad cold I can't breath through my nose AT ALL, thus making any kind of inhaling device completely pointless

Have you seen the ad for one of them (Vicks maybe)
"Why bodder pudding up wid a blocked dose?" The guy voicing the ad (the whole way through) has a blocked nose ffs! Kinda gives the impression that if it worked he wouldn't be all stuffed up. Like really, the casting just could not have been worse.

Anyway, I've never thought much of it to bother, but I did notice a few times that whenever I tried, there was always one nostril that was easier to breathe with.

Anyone cycle through town much? I've found my nose gets all blocked up and (yucky)

when I blow it all out it's all black. eeeeww.

Should get me one of those cycle masks.

Get some 'booger suckers', they should help (less of that nostril finger-rape) (refer to Scrubs)

Capt'n Midnight

Amonia & to a less extent Amonium chloride (smelling salts) should be wafted to the noise using your hand.

Holding a bottle of smelling salts too long in an unconcious persons noise could cause them to loose thier sense of smell.

Sticking your nose in a jar of amonia and inhaling it can stop your breathing - one of those reflex things (like the one with CO2 by breathing into a paper bag only a lot worse)

I also tried sticking my nose into a jar of pure Menthol (lab) - once the tears stopped my nostrils were extremely clear...

FYI : the amonia train that used to go through Dublin would in a worst case scenario kill every animal and plant with a quarter mile...

Look on the bright side - if you lived in a desert you would have to worry about cutting the inside of your nose up with the razor sharp edges of dehydrated mucopolysaccarides