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What Causes Nasal Passage Swelling?

i am 28 years old. height 5ft 10 inch, wt=72kgs. i had red swelling near nasal passage ( inside nose). my doctor has prescribed gudcef cv 200 and retapamulin ointment. he said if the medicine dont work i will have to do blood report. what is wrong with me? why blood report?
Fri, 20 Oct 2017
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Differential diagnosis of swelling inside nose would be furuncle,vestibular abscess,nasopalatine cyst,hemangioma,papilloma,neoplasms.If associated feature of pain then considering infective causes, antibiotic course usually given and a basic blood test to know about elevated counts,immune status,if planned for excision as a pre operative investigation.
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What Causes Nasal Passage Swelling?

Differential diagnosis of swelling inside nose would be furuncle,vestibular abscess,nasopalatine cyst,hemangioma,papilloma,neoplasms.If associated feature of pain then considering infective causes, antibiotic course usually given and a basic blood test to know about elevated counts,immune status,if planned for excision as a pre operative investigation.