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Not Sure If The Dry Swallowed Birth Control Pill Went Into The Body As The Nostrils Still Blocked.
I dry swallowed my birth control pill this morning and I don t think it went down. I believe it s stuck up my nose somewhere. One of my nostrils feels slightly blocked, although I can still pass air in and out. Please help! Should I take another pill?
Wed, 6 Apr 2016
Hallow Dear,
Even though you have swallowed birth control pill without water, it would not go into the nostrils. Nostrils are at higher level than throat. It will go through the throat into the stomach or respiratory tract. If it gets stuck up in the respiratory tract, you would have become breathless and have had cough. Then you would have become very serious. Do not worry, it has gone in your stomach.
The pills are quite sizable as compared to nostrils. So if at all it goes in to the nostrils, it will block the nostril completely. Before the pill was swallowed, it caused some inflammation which has given you feeling of partial nasal blockage. Take steam inhalations through nostrils and they will be clear.
I hope this quietens you.
Dr. Nishikant Shrotri
Even though you have swallowed birth control pill without water, it would not go into the nostrils. Nostrils are at higher level than throat. It will go through the throat into the stomach or respiratory tract. If it gets stuck up in the respiratory tract, you would have become breathless and have had cough. Then you would have become very serious. Do not worry, it has gone in your stomach.
The pills are quite sizable as compared to nostrils. So if at all it goes in to the nostrils, it will block the nostril completely. Before the pill was swallowed, it caused some inflammation which has given you feeling of partial nasal blockage. Take steam inhalations through nostrils and they will be clear.
I hope this quietens you.
Dr. Nishikant Shrotri
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