Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Indianapolis
Chronic Dry Nose Posted: 04-10-06 18:09pm
Approximately 3 1/2 years ago, my nose
permanently dried up. The inside always
feels like sand paper, and there is never
any moisture. I believe the 1-2 quarts
of mucus we produce each day that used to
moisturize my nose is now only going down
the back of my throat. There is so much
that I wake up in the middle of the night
with mouthfulls of snot. This is clear
in color, but I am unable to swallow it
all because there is so much.
I've been to several ents over the past
three years. I tried more allergy pills
and nose sprays than you can imagine, and
i've had two surgeries, the first to
remove a polyp, and the second to reduce
the inferior turbinates. Neither of
these surgeries have benefitted me at
all.
My nose still runs, but the inside is so
dry that I am unable to get anything out
the front of my nose. The last ent I saw
started me irrigating my nose with saline
solution, so at least I can clean out some
of the discharge, but it doesn't really
make my nose feel any better.
Like all the other ents, because the
steroid sprays had no benefit, he simply
said "i don't know" and sent me away. I
had a ct scan of my sinuses but was told
everything was fine. I have to take
nexium because of acid reflux (since 3
years ago), one of the first thoughts
doctors had was the increase in throat
mucus was due to this, but the nexium took
care of the reflux right away, but the
amount of throat mucus has not changed.
I can no longer breathe through my nose
because that pushes more mucus into my
mouth. This is an embarassing problem
because I have to spit in a cup alot so I
avoid going out in public. It is also
difficult to get any excercise with all
the mucus in my throat. I'm only 30, but
I feel like i'm 70.
Has anyone heard of anything like this
before? Doctors have run out of ideas
for me and tell me they've never seen this
type of thing before.
Thanks!
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christa84
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 61 Location: FL
Posted: 04-10-06 21:27pm
I don't know if this is any help, but my
ent told me to put vasaline in my
nostrils, because my nose was dry. I
don't know if you already tried that, but
that's all I can contribute :-p
good luck!
Christa
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cristobalm23
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 1
Posted: 07-19-07 22:27pm
You said you had your inferior turbinates
reduced and you have a dry nose. I wonder
how much of your inferior turbinates were
reduced and if it is possible you suffer
from empty nose syndrome? You should do
some research on it, the wikipedia
defintion is the most up-to-date and
accurate one. In either case, pulsatile
irrigation, siccalex, hot tea, and
exercise are some great remedies for a dry
nose
