You know when you get one of those itsy-bitsy pimples right inside on the upper part of your nostril, and every time you blow your nose or even do something as innocent as splash water on your face, it feels like someone’s sticking a giant pickaxe in there?
You know when you’re hanging by your feet and knees off the railing of a catwalk to reach a light to replace the bulb and you shift lower down to reach the bulb, replace it and climb back on the catwalk, unintentionally shifting your entire body weight onto your balls for a moment while you do it?
Does it feel like someone is pulling a nostril hair out? Does it make your eyes water? Yeah, I thought so.
Keep your fingers outa there.
All kidding aside, use a Q-tip and put a small amt of triple antibiotic ointment on it. It will protect it from air passing over it, and irritating it more.
You probably should see a doctor to be sure it isn’t MRSA. If it is, s/he’ll probably give you something similar called Bactroban (mupirocin) that is somewhat more effective on MRSA.
On behalf of Mrs. Piper, thank you for this tip, picunurse. She had this happen just the other day, and has been grumbling about her nose hurting. I said, ‘The Dopers say to put some Polysporin on it.’ She did, and her nose doesn’t hurt.