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Foreign object in the nose
A condition in which an object is pushed up the nose.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
How common it is:
Baby 0-2 | Very common | ||||
Preteen 6-13 | Very common | ||||
Teenager 14-18 | Very common | ||||
Young adult 19-40 | Very common | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Very common |
Related questions
A 39-year old male asked:
Can I safely remove a small foreign object my child placed up her nose?
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A 32-year old female asked:
If a child sticks a foreign object up their nose, how long will it take for them to stop breathing and die if it is not removed?
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A 38-year old asked:
What treatments for foreign object in nose can I try at home?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I am struggling with dry painful eyes. I got prescription glasses last year but it's not helping. I have noticed small bump on the white part of my eyes close to the nose side. It feels like a foreign object that's causing me pain and discomfort.
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A 20-year old male asked:
Can I use a shower head to flush out a small foreign object in my eye?
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A 45-year old female asked:
Regular bloody noses. No foreign object concerns. Ac, yes. It is always precipitated by a feeling of mucous draining from sinus- but red blood. What?
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A female asked:
My 8yo has had for years an infection odor surrounding her head. Inside r nostril shows a swollen red lump. history epistaxis. Foreign object or what?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Suffering from cloz nose, cold every night. When i wake up it goes away. Docs say it is allergy bcoz of foreign particles as i m away from home town.
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A 32-year old male asked:
Having nosebleeds every 3rd day, pimple like object inside nose. Had same thing in 2011. What could cause these?
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A 43-year old asked:
How long do objects touched by one with fever, runny nose remain infectious?
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A member asked:
Is there a risk of inhaling foreign body accidentally through the nose into the lungs ?
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A 55-year old female asked:
Broken vs bruised nose? I fell into an object last nite. Nose /swollen / painful to touch. Inner eyes are bruised. Small knot on nose
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A 62-year old female asked:
I had an addiction to making myself sneeze by sticking long hard objects up my nose, consequently I now have lost my sense of smell completely and ?
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A 41-year old female asked:
Any other way to rid objects and surfaces of major germs without using things like Clorox wipes? They are so strong and irritating to nose/throat
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A 29-year old male asked:
For a couple weeks now I've been feeling a object that feels like a sand grain under my upper eyelid near the corner of my eye by my nose. Any idea what it could be? It hasn't caused any irritation?
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A 23-year old male asked:
When i breathe thru my nose i feel a ball like object hitting the back of my nose/throat? Just recently fought off a bad cold but I've never had this.
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A 56-year old male asked:
I know someone asked similar question, but its not clear to me the answer. So if someone touch any HIV contaminated object then their mouth, nose, rub their eyes, lick that finger, etc can catch HIV infection? Is there any way spread with ice? Thank?
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A male asked:
I can feel 2 i objects moving underneath my skin In my head. Please what might be the cause of this? It's crawling like spider
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A 45-year old male asked about a male:
There's a part of my vision that slightly bends light. I can see perfectly through it and not notice anything unusual. Its when I turn my head side to side, I notice that a certain part of my vision is causing objects to bend a little. Keratoconus?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Vision suddenly blurry for near objects. Wearing reading glasses to see somewhat but still not 100%. Feeling pressure in my head too. Possible cause?
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A 22-year old female asked:
7mnths ago while lifting a heavy object, a pain shot to the left side of my head. Since then the pain comes off & on few times a day. What going on ?
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A 51-year old female asked:
Why does head hurt if you miss 2 or 3 days of you anxiety meds, or could it be from hitting head with sharp object?
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A 19-year old female asked:
My boyfriend says he feels a ring like object (cervix) around the head of his penis, what does it mean when the cervix is open?
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A 51-year old female asked:
Punctured head with sharp object 3days ago., broke skin, swelling gone down. Peroxide. Still hurts to touch , move forehead. Is it infected?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Etal objection fell on my head, now nauseous, headache, irritable, my family says i've been acting weird. What do I do.? Object weighed apprx. 5lbs
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A 24-year old asked:
I recently attempted to move a heavy object using my head and sprained my neck. My neck hurt for a few hours but went away. Now when i turn my head a certain direction i feel tingling in the back of my head connecting down to my neck. What could this be?
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A 40-year old male asked:
How to prevent foreign body inhalation in cases of nasal foreign body . ?
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A 37-year old asked:
How long does bad breath associated with nasal foreign body last?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Can having a head tilt or cranial palsy cause you to see ghost images around lights and objects. that are worse at night, not true double vision?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Strange hair in phlegm sometimes multiple, it's not animal hair or foreign hair and its not from my head and I cough it up often with no pain ideas?
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