Please tell me I don't have to go to hospital with spaghetti up my nose

[UhOhSpaghettiUpNose]

Eating spag bol, sort of choked and I don't know what happened but a bit of spaghetti got inhaled and feels like it's inbetween my nose and my throat. I can feel it high up when I swallow I think, but it's not coming down and it also won't blow out my nose. I'm getting panicky and Google seems to suggest to get medical attention if you can't get it out. I can not go to hospital with spaghetti up my nose. HELP?!

blow your nose

I'd have a really hot shower and see if that increases the snot, blow your nose to try and shift it.

I have already said it won't blow out my nose? I have been trying for 40 minutes

Could you sniff a bit of black pepper , would that make you sneeze ?

Off I go. It's a horrible sensation! < not envy

Close off the other nostril by pressing your finger against it.

Get someone else to blow hard and sharply into your mouth.

The breath will force its way down the clogged nostril and the spaghetti will shoot out.

My cat did that with a long piece of grass, eventually she sneezed and sneezed until a wee bit poked out if her nostril and D H got hold of it so I recommend stimulating sneezing!

It will dislodge itself. Unless it's affecting your breathing you don't need medical attention. Try to make yourself sneeze, drink plenty, inhale steam, rinse your nasal passage with lukewarm salt water.

@UhOhSpaghettiUpNose do what Gazelda says - this is what they would do in A&E. It works although it was a bead in our case

Bahaha, sorry but that is funny. Not for you, of course. I would give 111 a ring for some tricks you might try or, if you cannot lodge it, they can make an appointment at a walk in. They will have tweezers and lights to locate it and get it out or be able to flush it out better than doing it yourself. Good luck.

I think you need to sniff it back down your throat 🤢Sounds like it’s stuck in your sinus.

This happened to me with noodles, I was eating a Chinese and laughing at a comedy dvd 😂
Noodles were hanging out my nose 😂

I used a Neil med sinus rinse bottle to rinse the rest out, luckily I had the bottle and stuff in the house because ds is very snotty

Tutorial video on YouTube, lot of different kinds of bottles but don't use plain water it needs to be saline (so pop to a chemist)

How about a sinus rinse?? Google how to do it.
You can use a water bottle with a sports cap instead of a proper neti pot. Make sure you make saline to the right concentration.

Eventually you will sneeze and it will come flying out. Happens to me several times a year with rice, and has happened a couple of times with spaghetti.

TBH I prefer sneezing a grain of rice out. It comes out in one go, whereas spaghetti sometimes breaks or otherwise needs a little...ah...help at the nostril end. Yes, disgusting, uncomfortable and weird. Almost sporny 🤣

Both of these things. It's the first thing they'll make you try at the hospital.

Anything work OP???

Not to make you alarmed, but you need to get that out of your nose or it will fester.