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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: Jul 6 8:31am | Replies (390)Comment receiving replies
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.
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Hi jfvero, I posted last night when I ran across this thread and your posts were encouraging. Are you still having problems or doing your routine to prevent? Previously, my research led me to believe that I could have an infection that bounces back after antibiotics due to biofilm. I wasn’t sure how to disrupt the biofilm to the adenoid area so that’s great to hear about the j&j baby shampoo. Hopefully my next ENT can help me pair a new antibiotic with a biofilm treatment routine. Could you pass along the specialist’s info that you saw? I’m in Missouri but I don’t want to sit through another year of arguing the existence of a daily problem with someone who is afraid to admit they don’t know what’s going on.