Over the years I’ve always wondered “hey, how come I always have a headache, post nasal drip, trouble breathing/noises at night, Sinus infections and Nose Bleeds!?”. I thought I was just one of those gross unlucky people that have horrible Nasal issues and there is nothing you can do about it ๐ I’ve also noticed my nose is slightly crooked but never thought it could cause any problems, just that’s the way it grew and it sucks for me and I’d have to get a nose job once I’m rich and have that kind of money I can just throw away! PFFFFFTTTT Ya right! Like that would happen ๐ Over the years I have learned to hate my nose for being slightly crooked. I know its nothing drastic on the outside and I shouldn’t complain because there are people out there with much worse looking noses then me, but it’s something I notice every day and bugs me. I find conturing just makes it more noticable as well. So it’s frustrated.
But this year I went to an ENT (Ear’s, Nose, Throat specialist) about something to do with my throat. He used a scope through my nose to get a look at my nose and throat and said “Oh! You Septum is crooked!) I said “oh! That’s why it looks crooked!” He said “yup, you must have been hit with something in the nose at some point in your life. Have you ever noticed you have trouble breathing out of one side?” I said “YEEES! All the time!”, “You also seem to have PSD (post nasal drip) most likely because of you septum being crooked”. This was news to me! I was releaved to find out there’s a reason for that because it is such an irritating thing to have. Time for the dirty details ๐ PSD is when snot is constantly dripping down the back of your throat and can come up into your mouth! YUUUUUUCK! I HATE IT! I find I’m constantly Spitting into tissues (gross I know) and clearing my throat because it makes me sooo congested. Now since I was at the ENT for my throat, he didn’t go much into my nose and was more concern about my throat, which was resolved and I will not talk about that ๐ hehe.
So today I was bored and decided to look up Medical reasons for Nose jobs and came across Deviated Septum. I thought oh that probably only for sever cases. I looked into it and found everything on the symptoms I get!!! What Makes it better is that most times a Rhinoplasty (nosejob) for DS can be covered by OHIP! ( free health care in Canada for any out of Country readers ๐ ) So basically…. OMG!!! Free Nose job! So basically here are all the Symptoms I have for DS:
A deviated septum may cause one or more of the following:
- Blockage of one or both nostrils (Oh yes all the time)
- Nasal congestion, sometimes one-sided (I’m always congested and blowing my nose)
- Frequent nosebleeds (Had them 3-4 times a day but already got that fixed)
- Frequent sinus infections (YES! That’s the only kind of cold I get, get one once a month basically mild to sever)
- At times, facial pain, headaches, postnasal drip (I have a headache almost every day ๐ And yes I have PND all the time, Its gross That’s why I always spit into tissues and am clearing my throat ๐ Gross I know )
- Noisy breathing during sleep (in infants and young children) ( Lmao! I always have trouble breathing and my nose clicks at night ๐ I’m no young child though )
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