I was going crazy wondering why I was having blue fibers in my spit. Then my son, who also has asthma, told me that his inhaler always gets full of his jeans/pants material fibers. Now I am not going crazy anymore.
I hope this post helps others find the culprit!
Hi,
I am so glad to find this is not that uncommon I have been freaked out the past few days noticing a bright blue colour coming through in my snot. Read alot of post on a lot of websites and alot point to bacteria but the most common link seems to be sinus trouble I've got sinusitis at the moment too it started as a cold I just couldn't shake completely, everytime I thought I was getting rid of it it came back full force that went on for about 3 weeks till I went to the doctor that seems common too.
However I am going back to my docotor Tuesday I will ask her her oppinion.
I am a 23 years old female. I have had allergies every morning (15 minute sneezing fits) for the last 4 years. I will sneeze uncontrollably untill (what i can only describe as) little "blue fiber strands" are all sneezed out, then I am fine for the rest of the day. This happens EVERY day! Once every month I get an entire day of uncontrollable sneezing where no "blue fiber strands" come out, but I end up exhausted and unable to complete simple tasks due to the fact that I am sneezing uncontrolably from the moment I wake up to when I go to sleep. Someone previously mentioned that they had their septum peirced; I do too but this all started before i had it pierced? My doctor has no idea what it is, I even went to see a nose specialist and he has never heard of it. Over the past 4 years I have changed my diet,changed my bedding, gotten an air purifier, and nothing has changed, i thought maybe its my house or my room, but even on vacation in hotels, or when i stay elsewhere it still persists. Hopefully someone somewhere can shed some light on this as it is both exhausting and alarming.:)
I've been going to an ENT, but he hasn't been too helpful. If the smell is bothering you, tell your doctor. If they can get a good sample, hopefully you [we?] can get treatment. :)
Sex: Female
Chronic conditions: exercise induced asthma
Medications: none, except occasionally an albuterol inhaler [I wash it daily]
Story: For the past 8 years, I've only been able to breathe out of one nostril at a time--the other always seems stuffy. Around Easter this year, I blew my nose, and bright blue snot came out. I assumed I'd just eaten too many Peeps, and shrugged it off. Shortly thereafter, I had cold-like symptoms, but they were really harsh. One Friday night, I coughed up bright blue sputum and my snot was blue all night. I took a picture with my phone, and made an appointment with my doctor. She was puzzled, and make me an appointment with an ENT. This is fairly irregular with me, and when I went to him, he stuck a scope into my sinuses [possibly down my throat too, but I'm not sure]. He said he saw nothing blue, and he gave me some nasal wash. Since then, the blue has returned, and I still have an excessive amount of drainage. I'm scheduling another appointment soon.
I do wear make-up, but not often. The blue color does not correlate with the times I'm wearing make-up. Also, we swabbed some of the blue in the micro lab where I work, and we isolated an organism (gram negative), but we didn't identify it. It looked like Pseudomonas, but I can't be 100% sure.
I hope this helps figure this out. As a heads up, Pseudomonas is a very bad infection. Your body usually cannot fight it off on its own, and it is a very resistant bug [think MRSA] to antibiotics. Although your body may prevent it from spreading or getting worse, it is unlikely you can get rid of it naturally. Just because it is everywhere in nature, doesn't mean it isn't bad.