The Effect of Unilateral Cocaine Use on The Nose!

Two Images of the Same Patient: Dry and Infected Nasal Mucosa on the Right (Due to Cocaine) and Healthy and Wet Mucosa on the Left Image Description: A 36-year-old male patient was admitted to our clinic with the complaints of epistaxis and nasal dryness from the right nostril. The patient stated that he had been using cocaine through his right nostril for about 2 years. It was understood that the patient could not breathe through his left nostril due to severe nasal septum deviation, which almost completely covers the left nasal cavity, and therefore he did not use cocaine from this side. Nasal septum deviation may have had a positive secondary effect. In the photograph above, there are images obtained during the endoscopic examination of the patient's right nasal cavity and left nasal cavity at the same time. This is a photo where you can easily see the changes that cocaine has made in the nose. It is seen that the mucosa in the right nasal cavity is dry, bleeding and crust