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can you pop nasal polyps yourself?
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Nasal polyps: Polyps are not fluid filled, they are out pouching of the tissue, not cysts. They don't pop, they must be surgically removed or temporarily shrunken with corticosteroids.
Answered on Mar 23, 2018
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