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I have had a whistling sound when exhaling for a year now. no cough or other symptoms. nasal scope and ct scan found nothing. what else could this be?

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?septal perforation?: Whistling/wheezing noises happen when airflow is partially obstructed and a turbulent gradient is created. This can be temporary, as in asthma with a closing of small airways, or the result of injury to part of the upper respiratory tract (as in the perforation of the nasal septum that happens with cocaine use). A careful ENT exam should reveal.

Answered 7/14/2016

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