# Can you have worms in your nose? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 13, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532 "2015-02-13T02:46:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532/22 "2015-02-13T13:49:56Z")
It’s Obama’s fault. **ineedthetruth** , clearly the President has been spending too much time on fluff like ISIL and not enough on educating you, the insurance consumer, on Obamacare, AKA the Affordable Care Act. You can get all sorts of useful information [here](https://www.healthcare.gov/get-coverage/?optimizely_x2415380104=4&optimizely_force_tracking=true), and this is a good time to ask this question because 2015 signups end 15 February. As I understand it, worms in the nose is a pre-existing condition that will not stop you from getting insurance. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532/23 "2015-02-13T14:12:48Z")
Pics, or it never happened! Seriously, you’ve come back again with yet another unbelievable story that can only produce one response; get to a Dr so he can tell you for sure, or, the always popular, get to a Dr you have some serious issues. But, as usual, your response is ‘I have no Dr, I have no insurance, I have no money!’ Okay then, that we can understand, at least. So what are you hoping for here, exactly? That strangers on the Internet can diagnose whatever is coming out of your nose? Even you can’t really believe that’s going to happen, surely. So do tell, what are you really looking for here other than attention? ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532/24 "2015-02-13T14:18:31Z")
I have an idea. They could be threadworms, also known as pinworms. They are usually found around the anus and make you itch. The Op has been scratching his itchy arse and then picking his nose. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532/25 "2015-02-13T14:39:22Z")
Did you pull something like this out of your nose? [https://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=nasal+myasis](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nasal+myasis) (double clicked rule for shocking imagry:eek:) ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532/26 "2015-02-13T15:01:39Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > It’s Obama’s fault. > > **ineedthetruth** , clearly the President has been spending too much time on fluff like ISIL and not enough on educating you, the insurance consumer, on Obamacare, AKA the Affordable Care Act. > > You can get all sorts of useful information [here](https://www.healthcare.gov/get-coverage/?optimizely_x2415380104=4&optimizely_force_tracking=true), and this is a good time to ask this question because 2015 signups end 15 February. > > As I understand it, worms in the nose is a pre-existing condition that will not stop you from getting insurance. > > Good luck. This is good advice. Check out **Bricker** ’s link. Whether they’re worms or boogers, you should get insurance. If you don’t have a doctor than presumably you haven’t had a checkup recently which you should do regardless of what is or isn’t in your nose. Do you have a friend or family member who can help you figure out the insurance? Not that you can’t do it yourself, but as they say - two heads are better than one. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532/27 "2015-02-13T15:05:39Z")
I came here because I know there are a lot of educated people posting here. I just wanted some information. The only real worm in nose stories I can find are mainly at a website called curezone. But I am thinking some of the people there are paranoid maybe. They act like worms in the nose is not uncommon. How common is it? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532/28 "2015-02-13T15:07:46Z")
In your entire life, have you ever known anyone who had this condition? Have you ever known anyone who knew someone who had it? _That’s_ how common it is. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532/29 "2015-02-13T15:16:08Z")
i would give them each names while you have the chance. once they burrow into your brain then you won’t have a chance to see them and name them and also you may have trouble being creative. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532/30 "2015-02-13T15:16:51Z")
Does anyone know…do nose worms make good fishing bait? I mean, it would be so much more convenient to take **ineedthetruth** fishing than to go dig worms before heading off to the pond. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532/31 "2015-02-13T15:19:53Z")
Could it be brain dandruff coming out through the sinuses? ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532/32 "2015-02-13T15:29:56Z")
I read once (about the autopsy of some 16th century royal favourite) that in case of massive intestinal worm infestation (regular worms, not particularly brain-eating ones) worms could occasionnally come out of the mouth or nose too. However, even assuming it’s correct, I suppose you would have first noticed their presence in your feces. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532/33 "2015-02-13T15:35:30Z")
It could be alien brain chiggers. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532/34 "2015-02-13T15:48:53Z")
Well…does anyone here ever find white boogers shaped like rice? I have a bad cold…maybe it’s just some weird boogers. I mean…I suppose thats possible. They do look worm like though and flat. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532/35 "2015-02-13T15:51:33Z")
Do they taste like worms? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532/36 "2015-02-13T16:04:01Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Does anyone know…do nose worms make good fishing bait? I mean, it would be so much more convenient to take **ineedthetruth** fishing than to go dig worms before heading off to the pond. All you catch is [one of these](https://questionableevolution.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/cymothoa_exigua.jpg). (Nightmare fuel) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532/37 "2015-02-13T16:07:38Z")
> [@ineedthetruth](#): > > I came here because I know there are a lot of educated people posting here. I just wanted some information. Every single time you’ve asked these educated people here you’ve received the same answer - See A Doctor. As far as I can tell, you’ve never gone to a doctor in any of these cases. My conclusion is that you aren’t looking for information. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532/38 "2015-02-13T16:10:49Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Every single time you’ve asked these educated people here you’ve received the same answer - See A Doctor. As far as I can tell, you’ve never gone to a doctor in any of these cases. My conclusion is that you aren’t looking for information. I did go to the doctor once. Turned out ok. But I dont have any money right now. This is all I have. I just wanted some feedback on the odds or how likely this could be in the usa. I know it seems like a joke question but I have been finding worm like structures in my nose. You think I want to sit in my chair and waste my time posting this? I promise I am looking for information. I got to go to work now, but I was just looking for information thats all. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532/39 "2015-02-13T16:17:46Z")
You’ve been given information. Just not the information you wanted to hear. Whatever your financial situation, asking random internet strangers can be worse than doing nothing. Free internet message board medical advice is worth what you pay for it. However it happens, if you want real advice/information, figure out a way to see a real doctor. In person. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532/40 "2015-02-13T16:34:57Z")
> [@ineedthetruth](#): > > I did go to the doctor once. Turned out ok. But I dont have any money right now. This is all I have. I just wanted some feedback on the odds or how likely this could be in the usa. I know it seems like a joke question but I have been finding worm like structures in my nose. You think I want to sit in my chair and waste my time posting this? I promise I am looking for information. I got to go to work now, but I was just looking for information thats all. Thanks I don’t care how poor you are. If you have worms living in your head, you need immediate medical attention. Go to a hospital, tell them about the worms, explain to them that you are broke, and they will treat you first and then work out some kind of payment plan. But you need to stop going to message boards and asking bizarre medical questions if the only reason you’re doing it is for the few hours of attention it gets you. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532/41 "2015-02-13T16:35:16Z")
> [@ineedthetruth](#): > > I did go to the doctor once. Turned out ok. But I dont have any money right now. This is all I have. I just wanted some feedback on the odds or how likely this could be in the usa. I know it seems like a joke question but I have been finding worm like structures in my nose. You think I want to sit in my chair and waste my time posting this? I promise I am looking for information. I got to go to work now, but I was just looking for information thats all. Thanks What about signing up for insurance via the Affordable Care Act? That’s the solution to “I need to see the doctor but don’t have the money.” Why aren’t you doing that? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-have-worms-in-your-nose/712532.md?page=3)