Perforated Septum

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Hi everyone. I haven't been to this list in a very long time, but a

couple of years ago I was somewhat regular. I have a question and

knew that this was the first place to go... :-)

My youngest son, (5 w/cf), gets a lot of sinus infections and

is in the midst of one now. In looking up his nose last night (no,

I don't do that a lot), I saw a huge hole in his septum (the

membranes/cartilage that separates your nostrils). I'd never

imagined such a thing and promptly looked in every nose in our

house! No-one else has a hole! So, I called our dr.'s office 24-

hour nurses 'help-line'. The nurse I spoke with had not heard of

this and suggested we call the doctor on Monday. Now, is seen

quarterly at CF clinic, regularly at the ped's - including his 5-

year physical in December and CF clinic in January. I can't imagine

that this huge hole appeared in the past 2 - 3 weeks, but no-one has

ever mentioned it to us before.

I did a search on the web and learned that it's called 'perforated

septum', but all the causes I can find for it don't seem to fit with

's history. What I'm really freaking out about is that all the

references I found related to people with a pin-size to a nostril-

size hole. 's is much larger than this - probably 2 - 3 times

his nostril size. If too much of the septum dies, making the hole

larger, his nose can collapse!

I'm very anxious about this and am wondering if anyone out there has

had any experience with this?

Thanks in advance for any info you can provide!!!

Angi

Mom of (8), (6.5 w/cf) and (5 wcf)