Ow, My Nose
Posted By Kristabella on November 3, 2011
You guys, this is two Brady Bunch references in the span of three days. This has got to be some sort of record. Now I have a theme for NaBloPoMo! Teri will be so proud!
It’s turning colder here in Chicago. That means that air is getting drier and static cling becomes something you once heard about in a magazine to something you fear might actually electrocute you. My cats don’t want to be petted on the off chance I pet them and then touch their nose and their fur stands on end like they just licked the socket. (They really need to stop doing that.)
Anyway, with the dryness, I get itchy and lotion becomes my best friend. But this year, I’ve had a new ailment that has come with the drier air and that is that my nose is hurty. And not like the outside of my nose like those weird claymation things in the Puffs Plus commercials. It’s the inside of my nose that feels like someone took an Exacto knife to it while I slept.
My remedy for this lately is that I either use a Q-tip to coat the inside of my nose with antibacterial stuff or Vaseline. This usually helps for a few days. Then it will get super damp here (like today) and I’m OK for another few days.
But this is just early November. I haven’t even turned on the heat in my house yet. What the hell am I going to do when it’s the middle of January and my nose falls off??
Do I invest in humidifier?
Oh, and don’t suggest the Neti Pot. That thing, while magical, gave me the world’s worst post-nasal drip. And really, that makes my dowry even less attractive to potential suitors.
Any help, smart people?
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Maybe the Sales Rep for Neti Pot is a good looking single man…two birds one stone!
All I can suggest is the vaseline up the nose with a q-tip thing. It’s easier and cheaper than the humidifier – which you have to remember to clean once a week or so that gross bacteria doesn’t build up and make you sicker than when you started out. Of course, if you don’t mind that, it’s a viable option. Me? I don’t want one more freaking thing that I have to remember to clean. 😛
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Try saline nasal spray. It’s kind of like an inhaler for your nose, but with the same solution as is in a neti pot. I get the dry nose too, and it totally helps.
animalcrackers´s last blog post ..november 3, 2011
We’ve been contemplating putting a humidifier in our room at night. It’s so dry in there! If you get one, please get one of the animal shaped ones at Target. 🙂
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Invest in a humidifier just for your bedroom it has made a huge difference for us. I would also suggest stocking up on the filters because toss suckers disappear fast!
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My husband and I also have a small humidifier just in our bedroom. It has helped a lot with the dry noses we would get before. We only run it at night while we’re sleeping so I get the added bonus of the white noise that I need although I’ve read you can get quieter ones. The moment our building turns on the radiator heat the humidifier comes out.
Just don’t get me started on my downstairs neighbor who is a doctor and blames my humidifier for keeping him awake. His story has changed 3 times.
A humidifier! We live in desert country and with using wood heat, it’s DRY here, and I would get the some thing happening with my nose. Polysporin and Vaseline were my BFF’s until then. 🙂
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Welcome to my life whenever I leave the humid south. Seriously, I get nosebleeds as soon as I step of the plane in Arizona, New Mexico and other arid locations.
Humidifier and saline nasal spray should do the trick. If not, then you’ve already figured out the Vaseline trick.
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oh me too with the dry nose! so annoying and it isn’t even very dry over here in Washington. I got some saline nasal spray and it is working okay, but is by no means perfect.
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