• Iodine

I squirted iodine up one nostril, until it hit the back of my sinuses and came out of both nostrils, but the iodine came back out a blue/green colour.
Is this normal?

Iodine turns blue on contact with starch; do people normally have starch up their noses?

1 Answer

  • Ear, Nose and Throat Doctor (ENT)
  • Calhoun, GA

First of all... why are you squirting iodine up your nose...? secondly... there may be starch byproducts in the nose. I don't know. I would refrain from doing that in the future. unnecessary.

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