Injury of nasal mucosa

The nasal mucosa is very fragile, and the capillaries at the nasal mucosa are vigorous. When picking nostrils, the constant friction between fingers and nasal mucosa will lead to nasal bleeding. If you break the main capillary, it may lead to continuous bleeding, which takes 2 weeks to completely heal.

Germs invade

People's fingers or fingernails carry a variety of bacteria. When picking nostrils with fingers, pathogens will take advantage of this opportunity, which will affect the sense of smell once rhinitis and sinusitis occur repeatedly.

folliculitis

Nose hair is a defense mechanism of the nose, which can prevent dust and bacteria from entering the nasal cavity and avoid respiratory tract infection. Frequent nose picking will lead to nose hair falling off, reduce the resistance of the nasal cavity, cause respiratory tract infection and folliculitis.

aggravation of allergic rhinitis

For patients with allergic rhinitis, nose-picking will lead to nasal mucosa injury and repeated injuries to nasal vestibule, and nosebleed will aggravate allergic rhinitis.

furuncle

If you dig your nostrils frequently, it will make your nostrils inflamed and form furuncle, and your skin will be chapped and painful, and your nasal mucosa will bleed and form scabs. When you get scabs in your nose, you will feel uncomfortable, so you should be patient and restrained, or you will get rid of the scabs and your nostrils will become inflamed again and again, which is not conducive to wound healing.

Intracranial infection

Because the nostril is located in the triangle of our face, the induced infection may enter the cavernous sinus of the brain through the anterior, superior and inferior veins, causing inflammation of the cavernous sinus, which will eventually lead to "cavernous sinus thrombosis syndrome". If it is not treated in time, the mortality rate will be extremely high.

damaging the image

touching the nostrils for a long time will make the surrounding tissues and muscles continue to be stressed, which will easily force the nostrils to expand in the long run, and what's more, it will cause serious deformation of the nose and damage the external image.

Health reminder: plucking nose hair is as harmful as picking nostrils. Children's shoes who like plucking nose hair should change the habit of plucking nose hair!

Correct Nose Picking

1. First of all, quit the habit of nose picking. If there are often secretions in the nasal cavity, you can clean your nostrils once every morning and evening. It is best to use running water, which can not only prevent the nostrils from being dry and itchy, but also protect your nose.

2. After washing your face, wash the upper and inner parts of your nostrils with the pulp of your index finger and the lower and outer parts with the pulp of your ring finger. When there is runny nose or booger, you should dip a soft cotton swab in clean water or light salt water and then gently dip it into the nasal cavity to roll it away.

3. If there are too many dirty things in the nostrils, we can pinch the nose, from top to bottom, let the garbage in the nose go down in the direction we pinch, and finally discharge the garbage. Don't be too strong in the process. If you really can't get out, you can borrow a paper towel to get it out. The paper towel must be clean, hygienic and pollution-free, otherwise the bacteria on the paper towel will also infect the nostrils and cause inflammation.