Question:
I am 4 months post op, with painful sores inside my nose

I am 4 months post op,down 100# doing great, eating right, gr8 fluid intake, and vitamins are not a problem. I am just wondering what these painful sores in my nose are. They crack, and bleed, and then I get frustrated with them so I end up pickin at em and then they get worse. blah blah blah... any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks AMOS I love you guys! ~Ang~    — angel_wls (posted on November 29, 2002)

November 29, 2002
how horrible sounding, perhaps it is from the oxygen and the ng tubes? congrats on the big loss
   — janetc00

November 29, 2002
Are the scabs kind of yellowish and crusty? If so, odds are you have a staph infection (impentigo most likely) and it is easily cleared up with a cream antibiotic from your primary that you apply with a Q-tip. I get this every time I a have an NG tube for surgery. Nobody knows why, but I do. I hear it's actually rather common. If you don't get it treated and it IS staph, it will spread - I had it cover my entire nose before I sought help the first time. Yeah, I was a bit dense in my younger years :>)
   — [Deactivated Member]

November 30, 2002
Ayr its a saline gel and it works well to keep your nose moist... I use it myself and on my toddler...keeps those crusties away...
   — MF

November 30, 2002
I havent had surgery yet, but I get it quite often and I use bactroban ointment ( my pcp recomended it) and sometimes if its bad enough, I will take an oral antibotic. She also recomended putting my nose in warm salt water and blowing, and then sniffing it up my nose. Or you can use (ocean) spray, it is a saline you can purchase at any pharmacy or walmart. BTW congrats on your great weightloss!
   — wizz46

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