What Causes Chronic Nose Itch?
A few years ago, when I was still living down in North Carolina, I worked as a part-time cashier at a grocery store. One day, a customer came into my line and whispered, “You just touched your nose. Could you use some hand sanitizer before touching my groceries?” Or, something to that effect. I was mortified. First off, my nose itch is chronic and constant. It’s embarrassing, but there’s nothing I can do about it.
Second of all, I didn’t pick my nose, I scratched it with the back of my finger. I must do this at least 50 times a day without even thinking about it. Hearing this customer mention it, even politely, brought back terrible childhood memories of when children wouldn’t come near me and called me a “nose picker” because I couldn’t keep my fingers away from my nose. …show more content…
Of course, it didn’t do anything to address the underlying cause of the horrible itch, but at least it stopped it for a while.
Now, I just live with it.
The thing is, scratching my nose is so automatic and my memory is so terrible, I knew I was going to do it again before I'd finished ringing this customer out. I tried explaining this to her, but of course, she took it to mean I didn't want to serve her. Not true. I just wanted her to know what she was getting into with me.
After I got over my embarrassment, I thought I would turn this experience into an article.
Here are some of the causes of chronic nose
A few years ago, when I was still living down in North Carolina, I worked as a part-time cashier at a grocery store. One day, a customer came into my line and whispered, “You just touched your nose. Could you use some hand sanitizer before touching my groceries?” Or, something to that effect. I was mortified. First off, my nose itch is chronic and constant. It’s embarrassing, but there’s nothing I can do about it.
Second of all, I didn’t pick my nose, I scratched it with the back of my finger. I must do this at least 50 times a day without even thinking about it. Hearing this customer mention it, even politely, brought back terrible childhood memories of when children wouldn’t come near me and called me a “nose picker” because I couldn’t keep my fingers away from my nose. …show more content…
Of course, it didn’t do anything to address the underlying cause of the horrible itch, but at least it stopped it for a while.
Now, I just live with it.
The thing is, scratching my nose is so automatic and my memory is so terrible, I knew I was going to do it again before I'd finished ringing this customer out. I tried explaining this to her, but of course, she took it to mean I didn't want to serve her. Not true. I just wanted her to know what she was getting into with me.
After I got over my embarrassment, I thought I would turn this experience into an article.
Here are some of the causes of chronic nose