My DS is constantly snotty out of just one nostril. He doesn't have a cold as such so what can this be?

[Pinkchampagne]

He is 9 years old & years ago (pre school age) he used to suffer with his tonsils, but this seemed to clear up before he started school. However, he has had a thick snotty dnose on & off ever since. He has had it all this winter & it seems to mainly come out of one nostril. He had antibiotics just after Christmas for something else, which I would have thought may have cleared it up if it was an infection.
He hates having to constantly blow his nose, but it never seems to clear up. Any ideas why this is happening?

Anyone experienced similar with their child or have any clue why my DS is like this?

my friend's child had this and they found she'd shoved a pea up her nose months before and it was lodged up in a cavity bit. EWWWWW

My friend's child had similar and it was bread he had shoved up there months before. It was rancid and stinky when finally removed, obviously. But it solved the problem.

Could your son have put something up there?

Being 9 I would hope not, but anything's possible I guess! He has had this on & off for years though. I mentioned it to the gp when I was last there with him, and as he was prescribed antibiotics for something else, he said if it was an infection it would clear up...it hasn't.

I agree - he might have something stuck up there, or, he might have a nasal polyp. He needs to see an ENT specialist.

I was also going to say he might have something up there!
Possibile deviated septum, if it's always one nostril, or polyp as 3LF said.

Thanks for the replies. Don't think he has stuck anything up there. A little boy at the school I work did that & it really smelt awful. DS doesn't smell at all, and it has been happening on & off for years. Guess I best get back to the doctors with him.

Possibly adenoids ? DS streams from his nose, and has large adenoids

I was wondering about adenoids actually because of all the tonsil problems he used to have.

was also thinking something shoved up there, possibly years ago!!

pinkchampagne, it would depend what was up there as to whether it smelt bad or not - if it was just a, for e.g. small bead, it is just going to constantly irritate and produce mucus to try and dislodge it, it is unlikely to be infected and putrefy (which would produce a bad smell)

This used to happen to me when I was a child, but not all the time. I have no idea why.

Definitely worth someone having a proper look "up there" if it's been going on that long.

Can I hijack on this? Dd has constant runny nose and always has done, and her skin between her nose and mouth is red raw during term time as she isn't v good at wiping it and gets crusts on it that I can't take off as skin in so sore (she is reception). Can I stop it in any way?

My ds had this - GP gave him antihistamine for it and said it was some sort of allergy - I was very since it was only the one nostril but they worked! Gave them to him every night for a fortnight and then when we stopped it didn't come back.
It had been going on for a good year before then, so worth a try.

unilateral nasal discharge in a child = foreign body unless proven otherwise.