Has anyone ever had anything like this come out of their nose?!


Question: Has anyone ever had anything like this come out of their nose.?
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For the past few years I have regularly blown out this hard, discolored nasal mucous. If you didn't see the image, it's light brownish, a little smaller than a dime, and solid. Occasionally I will spit/cough this mucous out, but usually (I'd say 90% of the time) I will blow it out of my nose. This used to happen every few months, but over the course of the past few years it has become more frequent so that now it happens once or twice a week.

I don't usually feel "congested" most days. I will just wake up on certain days, feel the mucous obstructing my breathing, blow it out with mild effort, and feel fine. I have been repeatedly tested for allergies (negative) and I don't have asthma. The last time I went to an allergist I brought a "sample" because I was tired of being told I just had a sinus infection and given antibiotics (which have repeatedly proven ineffective). He examined my nose, joked that it was the "clearest nose he had seen in weeks", that I has a straight septum, and that my nasal passages didn't appear irritated or swollen... in fact, he could "see my pallet moving". I had a CT (CAT) scan and he said nothing stood out.

I live near the ocean close to Daytona Beach, FL and the average annual humidity is 88% in the morning and 61% in the afternoon.* For comparison to wherever you are: annual morning/afternoon average in Los Angeles is 73%/52%, New York City is 72%/56%, Houston, TX is 89%/65%, Denver, CO is 67%/40% and Atlanta, GA is 82%/56%.

The only other sinus problems I have are headaches around my eyes whenever the barometric pressure changes (from a storm or whatever).

Again, I have been on multiple courses of antibiotics. There is no mold that I am aware of in my house, and my mother is the only other person in my family with sinus issues (non-allergic rhinitis), but she has never had anything like this.

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Answers:
Get yourself check for aspergillosis immediately! It may take a fight because many doctors still don't know what it is. Aspergilliosis is a fungal infection of either the lungs or the sinuses and can be serious. Your doctor will need to grow a culture and take blood samples to identify it.
Please don't ignore this by saying there's no mold in your home, aspergillus is in the very air we breath, there's no getting away from it, anyway!
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My dad had this and it was polyps,
go to your doctor and in time they wil refer you to have them removed in hospital.
it took him ages to be referred to as they just kept giving him inhalers and steroids so good luck.
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Yes and I've had much worse too. Various people have various amounts of mucus. There are too many possibilities to diagnose it. Dehydration could be a cause of this style of booger, and appears to be slightly brownish as though there was irritation to the wall of membrane. Headaches can be caused by a lack of hydration. You may also have an established virus or bacteria within your body which has not yet been diagnosed. Humans always have some virus or bacteria in their bodies, and boogers can be a sign of good health too. I would continue to do what you can to be healthy and see a doctor if this worsens.Health Question & Answer



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