# Weird persistent tickle in my nose! please help!! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 4, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-persistent-tickle-in-my-nose-please-help/687616 "2014-05-04T03:30:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheHoffmeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@TheHoffmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheHoffmeister)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-persistent-tickle-in-my-nose-please-help/687616/1 "2014-05-04T03:30:17Z")
I’ve got a really weird tickle in my nose, it comes every 5 minutes or so. it happens in only my right nostril and and its at the top of the bit inside my nose. it is really irritating and is currently stopping me from sleeping. its like it builds up then lets go, releasing a bit of snot when the tickle happens. It would be great for a quick reply. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-persistent-tickle-in-my-nose-please-help/687616/2 "2014-05-04T03:54:00Z")
When was the last time you gave your nostrils a good nose-hair trimming? ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-persistent-tickle-in-my-nose-please-help/687616/3 "2014-05-04T04:00:34Z")
I had that in the left nostrl just the other day, drove me nuts for two days. I reached in and pulled out a wad of hairs and it went away. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-persistent-tickle-in-my-nose-please-help/687616/4 "2014-05-04T04:07:59Z")
Usually this is what happens to me first when I’m catching a cold. I usually take an antihistamine. ---
**Author:** ![TheHoffmeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@TheHoffmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheHoffmeister)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-persistent-tickle-in-my-nose-please-help/687616/5 "2014-05-04T04:10:12Z")
I’ve never trimmed it hehe I’m only 14 ---
**Author:** ![TheHoffmeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@TheHoffmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheHoffmeister)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-persistent-tickle-in-my-nose-please-help/687616/6 "2014-05-04T04:12:46Z")
I think it’s got something to do with pollen because I went on the back of my dad’s motorbike and he went really fast and also my visor wasn’t fully closed. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-persistent-tickle-in-my-nose-please-help/687616/7 "2014-05-04T13:54:34Z")
Come over here. I’ll scratch. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-persistent-tickle-in-my-nose-please-help/687616/8 "2014-05-04T15:19:15Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Come over here. I’ll scratch. Dude! He’s only 14! Probably not nose hair if you’re only 14, but allergy or the beginning of a cold are both likely. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-persistent-tickle-in-my-nose-please-help/687616/9 "2014-05-04T15:31:44Z")
Medical advice is best suited to IMHO. (No one, not even a medical professional, can possibly give you a factual answer to your question without seeing you in person.) Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-persistent-tickle-in-my-nose-please-help/687616/10 "2014-05-04T16:33:46Z")
You snorfed in a really tiny bug? Now it is stuck in there and really wants out. Happened to me once on a long bike ride - ended up going to the family doctor and he got it out with forceps. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-persistent-tickle-in-my-nose-please-help/687616/11 "2014-05-04T16:41:41Z")
Oh, don’t rip out all your nose hair. That’s your first line of defense against infections. I did that once and got really sick for months. ---
**Author:** ![TheHoffmeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@TheHoffmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheHoffmeister)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-persistent-tickle-in-my-nose-please-help/687616/12 "2014-05-04T19:35:44Z")
Thanks for the help, It is happening still but not as frequent as before. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-persistent-tickle-in-my-nose-please-help/687616/13 "2014-05-04T23:27:46Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#): > > Dude! He’s only 14! > Probably not nose hair if you’re only 14, but allergy or the beginning of a cold are both likely. There’s something wrong with scratching a kid’s nose? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-persistent-tickle-in-my-nose-please-help/687616/14 "2014-05-05T00:08:38Z")
You can pick your friends, you can pick your nose… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-persistent-tickle-in-my-nose-please-help/687616/15 "2014-05-05T05:38:07Z")
Same thing happened to me last week. I must have sneezed and had a runny nose for a few hours. Annoying as hell. This helped. [Walgreens saline nasal spray.](http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/walgreens-saline-nasal-spray/ID=prod1607694-product) ---
**Author:** ![TheHoffmeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@TheHoffmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheHoffmeister)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-persistent-tickle-in-my-nose-please-help/687616/16 "2014-05-05T09:35:34Z")
Alright thanks guyssss. I think it’s gone now but I know what to do if it comes back! xD