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Q: Exposed Bone Inside Nostril

asked by: Antonskey on February 1st, 2008

New User

I've had a little bit of discomfort inside my nostril, kind of like having a cold or some such, and today I finally went to look and it appears there's an exposed bone. I touched it and it's definitely a bone. Um, it feels weird, like having a nosebleed, but there hasn't been any blood.

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/1219/ds c00423et1.jpg

...what should I do? How does something like that happen? Shocked

Replies(1)

Katrinadoodle

replied on February 2nd, 2008

Extremely eHealthy

It's not bone, it's cartilage. We don't have bones in our nose or ears Very Happy

I'd go to the doctor... it could get infected.

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