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Nose broken? Columella swollen & tender.
Just over 2 weeks ago, I hit my nose on a corner of the wall in my apartment. I was quickly picking my head up and moving it to the right, when the right side of my nose smashed into the wall. It caused minor pain and a nosebleed initially, and the impact area (just to the right of the bridge of my nose) was cut and bruised slightly. All of the pain, bruising, and cuts in that are have gone away. However, the strip of my noise between the nostrils (columella I think) is tender and swollen.
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Dr. Pinaki Mazumder
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
34 yrs exp
Kolkata
Pain and swelling in the partition of the nose following trauma may be due to haematoma or abscess. It should be drained to prevent further complications.
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Avoid nose picking which frequently gives rise to septal abscess if there is a haematoma.
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