Hi Karen. Hope you found some relief with a saline nasal spray. It is a widely recommended practise to ensure good nasal health. Flushing out your nasal passages with a neti pot is another practise that some professionals recommend. Hopefully these measures do help. The nasal lining is very delicate and tweezers can injure the area. Speak to an ENT specialist (otorhinolaryngologist) about this drying and other measures you can take to counteract it.

Hi Deb. This is similar to using a neti pot to flush out your nasal passages. It is a widely recommended practise for flushing out nasal congestion and hydrating the nasal passages if a saline nasal spray does not help. Thank you for sharing.

I just ordered me some saline nasal spray, but I’ve been having problems with my sinuses for years. Ever since I was a child, the doc told me that I had sinus issues and in my teens had MRIs to show I had calcifications in there. I’ve had allergies all of my life and use a spray for that, but it doesn’t give me much relief on the dryness.

Now, my nasal passages are so dry and I literally have to use tweezers to clean it. 😮 Srsly, it won’t come out because it is like glue and I’m not going to pick it to get it out!! It seems to be the easiest way to use the tweezers to clear it out, but I’m afraid that I’m hurting my nasal passages with them. I don’t know what else to do because this has been going on for years now and I’m tired of it.

I sure hope that the saline solution works because I’ve been using Flonase once a day, the allergy medication I was talking about, to give me some relief and moisture in there. I feel so dry, but it is open and I can breathe. It just feels like I have something blocking it down in there…like those Rhinoliths that were shown or something is in there. o.O I hope that they are NOT in there, but need it assessed and NEED them removed if they are!!
Thanks for this info and going to get that scope run on my nasal passages. 🙂

Hello,
One thing I do to clean nose, put water in bowl and place face into water (like you are in a pool) blow out air from your nose a few times and let the water slowly go into the nose. The water will normally go into the nose slowly by itself.Do this a few times and it does clean my nose naturally.

Hi Glenda. If it is your sinuses and there is no infection then the ongoing sinusitis could be related to allergies and so on. SInce you have been on various medication to date, it is time to have your problem reassessed. Depending on the cause you may need a procedure like a sinus washout. However, this needsto be decided after you are assessed by an ENT specialist (otorhinolaryngologist). Ask your doctor for a referral to an ENT for further evaluation.

Hi Crowebobby and Tanks. That was not the focus of this article because dried nasal mucus is just a symptom. Treating a symptom is not the answer. The root cause needs to be treated so look at the treatment options for the specific cause. If there is no underlying disease then you may want to look at using a saline nasal spray frequently throughout the day. This will minimize drying of the nasal mucus.

I know…I clicked on it to find answers and got lead down a yellow brick road instead.