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I've had a deviated septum in the past and experiencing some similar symptoms. can you get this again?
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Most people are devi: The thin sheet of bone between the left and right side of your nasal cavity is not perfectly flat (is deviated) and so when the nasal tissues swell because you have a cold or an allergy one side of your nose may feel more stuffy and block air flow. If it bothers you enough a ENT surgeon can break it and straighten it out and make it less deviated. But it doesn't recur. Your nose tissues can swel
Answered 10/23/2017
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