“Nose infection?”
I will just cut straight to the point for the past month I have been using cocaine frequently as of today I am five days clean. I am noticing that my nose is very sore and burns my snot is very green and yellow and bloody the inside of my nostril has white patches. I’m very congested I have pain in the back of my eyes, red ears, and watery eyes. I also had the flu 2 weeks ago and am still recovering, I’ve been blowing my nose a lot since the flu and I know that doesn’t really help with my situation either. I have been reading a lot online and assume I may have a sinus infection but I’m very nervous to go in and tell my doctor everything. I have a saline nasal wash, nasal spray, peroxide, mupirocin ointment, and also doxycycline I got but never used. I was wondering if all do that would treat whatever I have without having to go to ER or doctors.
Female | 20 years old
Conditions: Asthma and allergies
3 Answers
AddictionMedicineSpecialist|AddictionMedicineAddictionMedicineSpecialist
First, good job quitting the nose candy. It was actually used in the medical setting to stopslow the bleeding for severe facial injuries. That is because of how it works. Cocaine causes vasoconstriction makes the blood vessels constrict. By inhaling it, it causes the larger blood vessels to constrict which makes you have a rapid heart rate and gives you that high feeling. Prolonged use causes a number of issues in your sinus cavity and can damage your heart. The yellowgreen discharge from your nose are symptoms of a sinus infection. The pain could be part of the infection, but it might also be from the damage to your nostrils and sinuses. As far as putting stuff in your nose dont do it. Nose sprays are going to burn, Mupiricin is a topical antibiotic ointment for the skin, not internal Nasal Wash are generally salt and should only be used with distilled water not tap water. Tap water can cause infections. The salt is going to burn. As medical professionals we do not judge. We are more focused on your health. You can just tell them that you realize it is dangerous, especially now with people adding fentynal and a higher chance of overdosing. And that is why you quit. But now you are worried that you might have damaged your body. So go see your regular Dr. If you cant wait, then go to an urgent care so you can be seen and get an antibiotic until you can. Then please consider going to NA Narcotics Anonymous just like AA, but for drugs. It is part of the long term healing process and will show your Dr tht you are serious about quitting. Good luck.
Cocaine use will increase your risk for nasal infections and can also cause vasoconstriction of the mucosa inside your nose.
This will lead to necrosis parentheses (death of the tissue) And long-term complications. You should seek efficient addiction treatment for stimulant abuse ASAP
This will lead to necrosis parentheses (death of the tissue) And long-term complications. You should seek efficient addiction treatment for stimulant abuse ASAP
Great job staying sober for the past 5 days. There are lots of resources out there to help.
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You really do need to talk with your doctor about the infection. You shouldn’t be scared to tell her what’s actually going on. It’s your doctors role to treat you and to be caring and accepting. Most importantly an infection in your nose can become very serious and deadly because it can rapidly spread to other parts of head. This is especially risky because you damaged your mucous membranes by using the cocaine. If your primary care can see you same day start with that, otherwise go to the emergency room bc this can rapidly become serious and it’s not worth the risk. Your records are private and no one needs to know what happened unless you want them too so don’t let fear get in the way of you seeking care and be honest with the doctor about what happened so they know what to do to help.
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You really do need to talk with your doctor about the infection. You shouldn’t be scared to tell her what’s actually going on. It’s your doctors role to treat you and to be caring and accepting. Most importantly an infection in your nose can become very serious and deadly because it can rapidly spread to other parts of head. This is especially risky because you damaged your mucous membranes by using the cocaine. If your primary care can see you same day start with that, otherwise go to the emergency room bc this can rapidly become serious and it’s not worth the risk. Your records are private and no one needs to know what happened unless you want them too so don’t let fear get in the way of you seeking care and be honest with the doctor about what happened so they know what to do to help.
