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How To Deal With Obstruction In Nose?
my dad had his nose cortirized three weeks ago, as he suffers from nose bleeds as he has lukemia. it has left him with a grey/black hard piece inside his nose which is opstructing his air ways making it difficult to breath through that nostril. is this normal and what is this?
Mon, 12 May 2014
hello, thanks for ur query, post cautery in leukemia can be a dried crust over turbinate,it can be loosen or removed by instilling nasoclear nasal drops 3 drop/ 3 times/ 1 wk.if it's still persistent can be removerd by endoscope.all d best, take care.
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