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Question : Has anyone ever had anything like this come out of their nose?
***WARNING: this is totally disgusting, click at your own risk***

For the past few years I have regularly blown out this hard, discolored nasal mucous. If you didn’t see the image, it’s light brownish, a little smaller than a dime, and solid. Occasionally I will spit/cough this mucous out, but usually (I’d say 90% of the time) I will blow it out of my nose. This used to happen every few months, but over the course of the past few years it has become more frequent so that now it happens once or twice a week.

I don’t usually feel “congested” most days. I will just wake up on certain days, feel the mucous obstructing my breathing, blow it out with mild effort, and feel fine. I have been repeatedly tested for allergies (negative) and I don’t have asthma. The last time I went to an allergist I brought a “sample” because I was tired of being told I just had a sinus infection and given antibiotics (which have repeatedly proven ineffective). He examined my nose, joked that it was the “clearest nose he had seen in weeks”, that I has a straight septum, and that my nasal passages didn’t appear irritated or swollen… in fact, he could “see my pallet moving”. I had a CT (CAT) scan and he said nothing stood out.

I live near the ocean close to Daytona Beach, FL and the average annual humidity is 88% in the morning and 61% in the afternoon.* For comparison to wherever you are: annual morning/afternoon average in Los Angeles is 73%/52%, New York City is 72%/56%, Houston, TX is 89%/65%, Denver, CO is 67%/40% and Atlanta, GA is 82%/56%.

The only other sinus problems I have are headaches around my eyes whenever the barometric pressure changes (from a storm or whatever).

Again, I have been on multiple courses of antibiotics. There is no mold that I am aware of in my house, and my mother is the only other person in my family with sinus issues (non-allergic rhinitis), but she has never had anything like this.

*http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/online/ccd/avgrh.html
atlanta mold

Best answer:

Answer by ://Leah*
I coughed out that yucky stuff before.
It’s normally really hard and actually has a bit of a plastic texture to it. That’s just any leftover mucous in the back of your throat that has solidified and blocked the airwaves over time. It might possibly be down in your esophagus, because the same stuff that lines your nose is in your throat to help guide food into your stomach.
There’s a possibility it’s in your lungs and air passages and just comes out through your nose when you blow.

Just keep blowing it out, and try taking a decongestant.