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Is continual clear nasal drainage normal after nasal surgery?

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Buenavista23Nov 21, 2013

Is nasal drainage a part of recovering from a septoplasty and grafts to fix a collapse on one side? If so, how long should this last? I have tried all kinds of meds to try and dry it up, but it just keeps coming.

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