Q: Nasal polyp
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on December 13th, 2006
Recently I have had sinus problems and cold-like symptons (nasal discharge, stuffy nose, etc.). One morning I felt an especially strong blockage on my right side between my upper nose and cheek area. It was driving me crazy because I could feel the blockage and it wasn't like normal discharge that you can just blow out onto your Kleenex. After trying fairly hard to blow it out, I leaned over my bathroom sink and blew very hard several times. Leaning over must have helped it come out easier becuase I instantly felt relief -- but then I was astonished to find a fairly large and hard mass in my bathroom sink that had come from my nasal passages. It was about the size and shape of a rounded grape and it was yellow-light orange in color. It was NOT translucent and had a jagged part with some tinges of red on it. This had never happened to me before. When I tried to find out through the Internet what it could be it sounded like it could have been a nasal polyp. Is it possible to blow a nasal polyp out through your nasal passages? If it wasn't a nasal polyp then what was it? Should I follow up with my doctor about this?
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