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Have A Painful Scab In My Nostril, Hurts To Touch. How Can I Treat This?

i have a scab that forms in my nostril and starts to be slowly and increasingly painful ..to the point that a soft touch of the outer nostril hurts and it hurts kinda throbs with out touching it. visually my nostril is swollen ,,and it happened about 2 months ago in the other nostril what could this be and how can i treat it?
Fri, 6 Sep 2013
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Allergist and Immunologist 's  Response
this is fruncle andfruncle recurs in the nose
can be chronic sinus
try to get diagnosed for sinusitis by xray pns waters view and get consultation with ent doctor
you can treat this episode by antibiotics anti inflamatory tabs
local antibiotic ointment in nse over fruncle and nasal drps to decngest the passage
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Have A Painful Scab In My Nostril, Hurts To Touch. How Can I Treat This?

this is fruncle andfruncle recurs in the nose can be chronic sinus try to get diagnosed for sinusitis by xray pns waters view and get consultation with ent doctor you can treat this episode by antibiotics anti inflamatory tabs local antibiotic ointment in nse over fruncle and nasal drps to decngest the passage