I've had chronic nasal vestibulitis for 5 years. I went to the ENT yesterday because that can't be a good thing. She didn't seem too concerned about the constant swelling (she was more concerned about the apparent goiter I have that I thought was an unfortunate fat deposit spanning the bottom of my neck, 🤦♀️). She prescribed me mucuprocin ointment to apply inside my nostrils. I asked her about recurrence and she said as long as I don't let it touch the mucus membranes I should be fine. But the videos online on how to apply the ointment shows putting a pea amount just inside of the nostril and pinching your nostrils closed. I don't think just applying it barely inside will do anything for it and could even make it more resistant. I applied a tiny amount using a q-tip then 15 minutes later I'm carefully removing it with hypochlorous acid wipes because I'm just too paranoid. I'm 5 months post treatment.
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I went to an ENT today for an issue with my nose, turns out I have a goiter. I can't wash my hair or basically any activity that requires reaching back over my head without suffocating and coughing. I thought it was scar tissue in my throat getting worse. As for the swelling, I'm 41 so I thought the fat (it felt like fat, It was smooth) spanning the base of my neck was just an unfortunate result of aging, like the fat bulges I started to get under my eyebrows. I'm an average weight and have actually been losing weight but the fat wasn't reducing. Now that it was pointed out to me and looking at my neck in a hand mirror it is completely obvious. There's a sizable wide bulge along the base of my throat with it getting significantly thicker on the right side. I've been having low tsh but normal t4 for a year but my doctors didn't seem concerned. I don't have any hyperthyroidism symptoms other than overheating, hot flashes and 5 months of no period. No racing heart or anything. I thought it was perimenopause but I've also had a bad undiagnosed infection for a year and everything went back to normal 2 weeks after treatment. Although I'm still overheating and sensitive to heat higher than 70°. I really don't want surgery because that infection decimated my immune system and it's still trying to recover 5 months later. I have to schedule an ultrasound and maybe CT with an endocrinologist. I'm hoping it can be removed with Thyroid Artery Embolization or Radio-frequency Ablation.