'Bleeding' Nose

Male, 23

So for the past year I've been having blood in my right nostril. Mostly noticeable after blowing when there is a lot of mucus or just using a tissue to get dried mucus out.

It isn't enough to completely soak through the tissue and drip, it also doesn't drip out on its own unless I've a bad cold and lots of mucus.

I've had it on/off in the left nostril, but typically in small amounts.

Based off from what I gather from using tissue as a 'nose plug' I can tell it is bleeding from the septum, the part which divides nostrils. I cannot tell how far up.

It all started about a year ago after working as a dishwasher for about three years. At the time I dismissed it as dryness from a very runny nose. (Given my nose can nearly always be runny nearly 24/7 year-round).

Though given it only has small periods where there is little blood or none when it dries out completely and keeps coming back I've gotten curious.

Googling has said it is rather common to experience and tends not to be an issue unless nose bleeds don't stop. Though it only seems to be when blowing my nose quite hard or if I use tissues as nose plug that I see blood in the one nostril.

My worst thought was cancer so I looked at typical symptoms and that did not help.

As long as I can remember I've had a poor sense of smell (not noticed any difference) and the one nasal airway is likely 'collapsed' , as long as I can remember little air can escape it when breathing out through my nose. I've not had any of the other symptoms.

It may be worth saying I discounted hearing loss as I've had hearing issues from the age of two. I had tubes at age three and a hole in my left ear drum since about five or six years old. Three surgeries on it and it won't close.

Is it worth mentioning to a doctor or should I mention it to my ENT doctor? (I have one for my hearing loss/issues since I was a teenager).

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