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What Causes Dryness In The Nose?

I am a caretaker for a 74 year old man. He has one side of nose cauterized about a month and a half ago and he s still picking out real hard scabs out of it. But he wears oxygen and he was wondering if maybe the air (oxygen) is drying his nose out. Is this possible
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

Dry nose is common while on oxygen. You can apply sesame seed oil to moisturize the nose. You can also attach a humidifier to the oxygen concentrator so that the oxygen that you inhale is high in moisture content.

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What Causes Dryness In The Nose?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Dry nose is common while on oxygen. You can apply sesame seed oil to moisturize the nose. You can also attach a humidifier to the oxygen concentrator so that the oxygen that you inhale is high in moisture content. Regards Dr. Lekshmi