Trouble breathing through left nostril, possibly caused by cleft lip & pallet
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Hello! I have constant trouble breathing through my left nostril. I feel like it hasn't always been this way, but I don't quite remember. It feels like there's something blocking it deep inside. I can breath through it but its about 3-4x less effective than my right nostril. Basically I can barely breath through it. It's almost like I want to stick a tubular straw in there so I can feel what it's like to regularly breath through it. I'm guessing it's caused by complications from my cleft lip/pallet. but I don't know if it's actually obstructed by congestion or if the passageway is deformed from it. When I try and meditate it gets annoying, I just want to breath like a normal person. Also I notice it sometimes makes my voice nasaly.. Any suggestions?
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care4health Yungcleft
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the only way to find out is to get and check out by a specialist. A CT scan, you could have deviated septum, or enlarged turbinates, maybe allergies, but if it's only one side it's more likley physical.
have you been to an ENT?
Yungcleft care4health
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Not for a long time, no health insurance now and little to no help from family, so it's not really an option
care4health Yungcleft
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what you could try is saline solution, rince your sinuses regulalry. It's cheap and might help.
Is there a public health system where you are? It should be free, but usually there is a long waiting list. For me it took only 6 mnth or so, but I was advised not have further surgeries, coz mine is cause by allergies.
But getting a sinus CT you might not even need a specialist, your GP can send you, and doesn't need a specialist either to figure out if there is anything wrong there. As long as you are not diagnosed it's very hard to give you a proper advice. But the saline solution however is harmless and for some people it provides a great benefit.