Good morning, Nice to see the site back and better than ever.
I had a question about nose sores in particular. Occasionally over the years I get mouth sores and they're tolerable and limited. Since before Xmas I have had bleeding and sores in my nasal passages. I truly assumed it was the dry air and the fact that I had started a med for hypertension that may have caused it. I also have a chronic runny nose (which I am told could be from the Remicade). Do I share this with my rheumatologist...or my regular doc...or just hope it will all go away soon? I am seronegative RA and I don't see nasal sores as part of this picture. Any ideas? Thanks!It would be best to see a doctor and have a swab done of the sores that way you can use the right medication. I have had nasal sores since I was in the coma 5 years ago. For 3 years nothing worked on it. until finally my doc did the swabs and said it was staph. caught while in hospital from the feeding/oxygen tubes etc. I use the correct cream now. It has gotten better but never completely gone away. When I am sick or ran down it flares right up. Molly Bee - allycat is absolutely right about having cultures done, unfortunately when they are active, which is always hard to predict and have an appointment set up. I was recently mouth cultured after five years of complaining of mouth sores and am HSV-1 postive for mouth herpes, which is getting alot of press lately. I also had a horrifing ulcer in one nostril that was open and bleeding after five years of prescription ointments, and no one seemed concerned (isn't that one of the warning signs of cancer, a non-healing sore?) And this continued after my RA et al. DX. A long term antibiotic finally cleared it all up. Good luck ~~ Cathy
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