Nasal tip pain on touch may be related to nasal vestibulitis, nasal boils or recurrent polychondritis, etc. Treatment may include local treatment as well as medication.
1. Nasal vestibulitis: it is a diffuse inflammation that occurs in the skin of the nasal vestibule. In the acute stage, it can be treated with warm saline wet compresses and topical antibiotic ointment such as erythromycin ointment; in the chronic stage, it can be treated by removing the pus and the scabs with hydrogen peroxide solution and then applying antibiotic ointment; if it is caused by bad habits such as picking the nose, it is necessary to quit the habit of picking the nose.
2. Nasal boil: Inflammation of hair follicles and sebaceous glands can be caused by plucking nasal hair, trauma or nose picking, etc. When the boil is immature, the skin should be cleaned and antibiotic ointment should be applied; when the boil is mature, the head of the pus head can be punctured under aseptic operation so as to make the pus burst and drain out, and the head of the pus head can also be picked and pinched with tweezers or suctioned by a suction device, and the local area can be cleaned and sterilized and antibiotic ointment can be applied.
3. Recurrent polychondritis: it is considered to be an autoimmune disease, when the disease invades the tip of the nose, it can cause redness, swelling and pain, and it is mainly treated with glucocorticosteroids, and the application of immunosuppressant agents such as cyclophosphamide also has a certain degree of efficacy.
When the tip of the nose is painful, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, after clarifying the cause of the disease, follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment.