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Trouble breathing from one nostril and cartilage is crooked. What can I do to correct this?

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To describe it simply it’s like if I put my finger in my right nostril and pushed it to the left so I can’t breathe from that side I can’t put my finger all the way in my left nostril because it is not straight on the inside What can I do ?

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