If anyone of yu read my bachelorette party post you will remember my drunken friend banged her head into my nose while she was having a drunken fit, and it resulted in a bloody nose. Now it is Wednesday (the party was Saturday) and my nose still hurts. The shape looks normal, maybe a tiny bit swollen. Yesterday my nose was running a lot and when I wiped my nose I heard a few cracks and it hurt sooooo bad. It is that piece in between my nostrils, where that piece connects to my head, is where it hurts.
So now what do I do? Should I get an x-ray? Where do I go for that? I no longer have a PCP... is there somewhere else I can go for just an x-ray? I have oxford freedo select insurnace so I don't need referrals.
julz33
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OK I just called a whole bunch of doctos and they all told me to go to the ER. I def. don't want to do that
Terrier412
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It's probably not broken, just bruised. I was in a car accident in July (damn taxi cab!), and I hit my nose so hard I was sure it was broken. I went to an ENT, and it wasn't. He said if it was broken, my face/eyes would be black and it would be VERY swollen.
He put this camera/probe thing on the edge of my nostril just to check that it wasn't broken (no X-Ray). He also gave me a breathing test and some nasal drops.
Try to get to an ENT if you can....
Valentinegirl
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Feel better Julie!!!
dm24angel
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Posted by Terrier412
It's probably not broken, just bruised. I was in a car accident in July (damn taxi cab!), and I hit my nose so hard I was sure it was broken. I went to an ENT, and it wasn't. He said if it was broken, my face/eyes would be black and it would be VERY swollen.
He put this camera/probe thing on the edge of my nostril just to check that it wasn't broken (no X-Ray). He also gave me a breathing test and some nasal drops.
Try to get to an ENT if you can....
I just wanna say I broke my nose badly...it was completly sideways...and I never ever got black eyes, even after surgery so I would still go to the dr..even if its a pin point break, you want them to keep in straight for you so when it heals it doesnt heal with a bump...
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Hopefully its nothing more than a bad bruise, Julie... try to see an ENT if you can..
lots of for you!!
julz33
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OK so NO doctors will see me today.
What is an ENT?
wc0143
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Ear Nose Throat
Did you try a walk in place? (sorry I haven't read thu the entire post)
boosh78201
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You can probably go to your primary care physician.
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OK so NO doctors will see me today.
What is an ENT?
Maybe I missed something, but why don't you go to the ER and get an X-Ray?
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Ear Nose Throat
Did you try a walk in place? (sorry I haven't read thu the entire post)
Not yet... so you know of any? SO far I only tried Dr.s in the Stony Brook area because I am at work and they are all telling me to go to the ER. I thought you had to go to the ER within 24 hours??? This happened on Friday night.
And I don't have a PCP right now. She almost killed me so I refuse to go there. I am looking for a new PCP now, but I don;t know where I am going to be living yet!
prncssrachel
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Tell them it just happened when you go to the er. that's what I would do, but maybe I am just a bad person
wc0143
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Ear Nose Throat
Did you try a walk in place? (sorry I haven't read thu the entire post)
Not yet... so you know of any? SO far I only tried Dr.s in the Stony Brook area because I am at work and they are all telling me to go to the ER. I thought you had to go to the ER within 24 hours??? This happened on Friday night.
And I don't have a PCP right now. She almost killed me so I refuse to go there. I am looking for a new PCP now, but I don;t know where I am going to be living yet!
There's a walk in place on Fort Salonga Road - like a block or so west of Napper Tandy's ...
ETA: You can go to the ER anytime ... I once went a few days after a box fell on me at Home Depot (but it was actually a waste cause they were like yeah, maybe you HAD a concussion)
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Generally, insurance companies won't pay if you go to the ER 24 hours after the incident. The ER will see you, but you insurance may not cover the visit.
