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Every day I cough up what looks like a scab with ugly mucous and blood
Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) | Last Active: Dec 4 7:51pm | Replies (391)Comment receiving replies
@jfvero Thank you for sharing this concrete info, I will try what I can in my own and share it with my doctor. Really great that you were able to have your scab analyzed! I am 55 and had a rhinoplasty to correct a deviated septum 30 years ago. The goal was to improve breathing on my left side but it didn’t help and in fact over the decades my issues have gotten worse, leading to the blood/mucus clots. I did think it was odd that the ENT I saw a year ago said my adenoids were irritated. I have tried to explain where the clot forms as the spot where the nasal/sinus passage meets the throat. Do you know exactly where yours was located?
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My scab is located where my adenoids would be – in the way back where the sinus meets up with the throat (my layman’s terms). If you look at the image I uploaded, you can see it in the picture. It’s the location for me that causes the need to bend over to reach hitting it with the nasal rinse. If I just do a regular rinse, it misses the spot.
Initially my local ENT looked for the spot with a stiff scope but said he didn't see anything. It wasn't until I coughed one of these up in the office that he pulled out the flexible scope and looked way in the back and saw the area.
also -- I'm 59, and had the deviated septum repaid 2 years ago. It was a result of a football injury from my childhood, and I was never able to breath properly through my nose.