I have had a scab in my left nostril for years.

I was put on Antibiotics and a nasal cream. After about 2 weeks I went into the ENT for another checkup. I got the all clear that my nose has healed up well. I'm still healing from the small area where the cauterization happened. And there is visible scarring from where I've been having this issue for so many years. It may well have been the antibiotics that finally cleared up the blood spotting and scabbing. I still have some light buildup on my nose, but not like it was before. Overall my nose is much more comfortable. I've been using my humidifier every single night set to 55% humidity. My nose hasn't flt this good and I haven't breathed this well in a long time. My mucus generally doesn't have blood spots like I've been accustomed to over the years.

Time will tell if this was purely a bacteria infection. Or a combination of bacteria and dry air. Either way, I feel like I have a better handle on keeping a healthy nose.

I was diagnosed with Wegners and had the same symptoms. See your ENT doctor.

Hi, @julsbridget - welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Sounds like you, too, had some very challenging to deal with symptoms. How long did it take for you to get diagnosed with Wegener's granulomatosis (which I understand is also now known as granulomatosis with polyangiitis)? Do you know what symptoms or test results tipped your doctor off that you might have this condition?

I have had crusting in my nose since I had rhinoplasty about 17 years ago! This includes a chronic scab in my left nostril. I have had swabs and they show infections. So I use antibiotics applied topically, which gives relief for a while but it comes back. I wonder whether the infections because I cannot help myself touching it. I have heard that using things like Vaseline can get into the lungs and cause problems.

Hi, @mayoeggbutty2020 - welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I'm with you ... having a chronic scab would be a real challenge for me to leave it alone and not touch it. I think that despite our mother's warnings not to mess with our scabs, it's kind of human nature.

If the antibiotics you have taken for infection around the area of the scab in your left nostril are not providing longer-term relief, what does your ENT surgeon or primary care physician suggest you do next?

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I had the same problem,I would knock the scab in shower or rub my nose with with an itch an scab would come out and bleed for a couple seconds an stop,it happend for a couple of months I went see doctor twice got told to put a Vaseline on it an it will stop but it still never,so I tried a few things none of them worked then I put a tiny bit of savlon up my nose before bed I woke up next morning an scab was abit smaller I repeated the process for a week now an no scab no bleeding as of yet so hopefully scab doesn’t return but for now that was the only thing that has helped me so far

Thanks for sharing what worked for you, @achillies. Do you know or remember how you got the scab in the first place?

I have RA also. I always have problems with stuffy dry nose. My scab is right at the entrance of the tip of my nose. I have felt some relief with coconut oil applied with a cotton swab. I have heard coconut oil has healing properties in it. My nose is a everyday problem I have had for years. I live next to a freeway that is used to export goods from the port that I live next to. That does not include the ships and refineries that polite the air that I breath. Another pro lem that irratates my nose is the blowers that the city Gardner's use.

sores inside nose along with sore throat and headache

PLEASE HELP...Hi, about a month ago I noticed a sore inside my one nostril and I thought it was a possible cold sore which I have NEVER had in my life. I let it go and thought it would just go away on own but felt so bad as if it was going to go through my whole nostril! I ended up using rubbing alcohol on both inside n out and that seemed to help scab it. It eventually shrunk in size n pain subsided major but i kept feeling a small discomfort like a small scratch. I've been also getting random headaches with sharp pain right down middle of forehead and sometimes in temples as well but thought it may be bc i've been under some stress. The past week i've had a sore throat and hoped its just a cold i'm getting. Well today I noticed my nose was really sore again n thought that thing was coming back but it was at almost tip of my nose so I pulled tip of nose up to look inside and as i did, i noticed i had a small off white filled sack inside at tip inside, another larger open sore on same side but against face that i never felt. Then as i kept pulling up to look i popped the small sack and also noticed another small sore bleeding on other side as well! I don't feel sick but have a sore throat. Has anyone experienced anything like this? I began to google it but it led me here..thank you