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Noisy breathing through nose

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ofwarren · 08/08/2022 14:44

My 6yo DS makes a whistling, bunged up sound when breathing through his nose. When he's eating, it's obvious that he can't breathe properly as he keeps stopping chewing to take a breath. It's not so obvious at night as he mouth breathes then.

There is no mucus and this has been going on for a few months now.

Any ideas?

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Soproudoflionesses · 08/08/2022 14:45

I am still like this....got a damaged septum - might be worth a trip to the docs to check it out

MrsMitford3 · 08/08/2022 14:47

Was also coming on to say deviated septum.
When you look up his nose does it look like both sides are the same size?
Is his nose croooked?

HappyHamsters · 08/08/2022 14:49

Enlarged adenoids or deviated septum maybe

ofwarren · 08/08/2022 15:03

Well that was interesting..
I shined a torch up there for the first time and there was a massive scab thing attached to the inside of his nose!
He had impetigo a few weeks ago and I reckon it was from that as it was all over his top lip and nostrils.
I used a wetted cotton bud to tease it out and now he's breathing normally 😂
I've no idea why he didn't just pick his nose like other kids. He did say it hurts though.

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