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This sounds ridiculous, but I'm getting anxiety from constantly picking my nose

Jarofflies

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In my right nostril I always seem to get bloody boogers. Now logically I'm trying to tell myself it's from constantly picking, but it's hard to reassure myself you know?

It's not new either. Been like this for years and years if I was to pick

Sometimes if I blow my nose my boogers can be bloody too, but that's not really new either. This is directly after picking my nose btw

Never had a nose bleed or anything in my life or anything like that so I don't know what to think

It's one of those things where if I didn't pick I'd never even know and it wouldn't be a problem
 

bin_tenn

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Yes, probably irritation inside the nose. It's quite easy to damage the tiny capillaries and such in the nose. This happens to me if I have a bad cold, because of all the sniffling and blowing my nose.
 

SB2017

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I just went to the ENT today for this. Everyday, blood! Scabs and irritated nose. My nose actually hurts to the touch. He looked up there and told me that the mucus membrane on the wall (septum) is damaged and called in antibiotic cream for me.
 
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