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by euphoria on February 11th, 2006

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I get sores/pimples inside my nose that really hurt. What causes these and is there anything I can do to get rid of them?

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  • by Anonymous on November 25th, 2006

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    This is not sometimes the most fun subject to talk about, but it is common to kids and adults. I would venture to say that at least 75% of these common "sores" inside the nose come from one of these two causes:

    1. Picking the nose, and getting the numerous staph and other bacteria off your fingernail in the nose membrane where it festers and then becomes so sore you get tears if you touch it 1-2-3 days later.... OR

    2. Trimming or (some do) pulling (ouch!) long nose hairs out if you are a man, and in the process, either getting a small cut or nick inside the nose, which then gets abit infected, or the hair follicle (s) gets infected, ending in the same reslt--a really sore spot inside the nose (or more than one).

    The nose has so many nerve endings and is so vascular that it is easy to get both an infection and also a very SORE and painful nose. This is why when a person gets hit in the nose it hurts so much and their eyes tear. It's just very, very sensitive nerve wise.

    Treatment for me and MOST others, according to my doctor, are to keep from picking the nose (use a Q Tip CAREFULLY or blow it, or do anything else but insert what is always a finger with MANY thousands of microscopic bacteria on or under the nail where you cannot get them clean) because you will often solve a temporary problem and cause a more painful one. Flush the inside of the nose out with saline spray or put peroxide diluted or not on a Q Tip, and clean the inside part of the nostril inside well, but gently. Then apply a small amount of Neosporin or other topical antibiotic "over the counter" cream or ointment to the affected areas. Ask your doctor on this if you feel the need, and also be SURE you are not allergic to the antibiotic you are putting on the sore areas. If you are allergic to the "sporin" family in pill form, you will surely be allergic to the topical form as well.

    The inside membrane of the nose is very, very vascular, so anything put in there will quickly absorb (for better or worse) into the system. That is obviously why drug users put cocaine in their nose! It gets into their blood stream VERY quickly. Well, good to get the antibiotic working fast also. Just be sure it is something you know you can tolerate, and do not continue to use it if you get burning or itching or ANY other side effect other than soothing. In 2-4 days, you should have a much less sore nose, and it should then go away, as long as you do not do what you did to cause another sore again.

    This treatment should work for anyone unless they have a serious problem that is not responsive to topical anti-bacterial ointments or creams, in which case go to an ENT doctor or dermatologist and have them look at it. The nose interior can get very infected and spread up into the sinuses, and then you have even more problems than you did originally.

    We tell kids to not pick their noses. So why do we do it as adults?

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    • Excellent and complete answer. Common sense. My doctor has told me the same thing for years!

      justinoldguy

      by justinoldguy on November 30th, 2006

    • Yeah that is a very thorough answer. Nice :-)

      missydawn

      by missydawn on December 4th, 2007

    • Answer is great EXCEPT - it has been found that we shouldn't inhale petroleum based products. My pulmonary doctor and the allergist said to use AYR gel if more than saline spray was needed. (This was same allergist that had said to use Neosporin a few years ago...)

      Anonymous

      by Anonymous on June 22nd, 2008

    • very informative & exceptionally well written. thank you

      mdt01

      by mdt01 on November 17th, 2010

    • that's a great detailed answer, i really needed that, thank you =) let's home it works lol xx

      Nessa_L

      by Nessa_L on May 5th, 2011

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