The Nose is a vascular organ and responds actively to airflow. A cottonball saturated in bacitracin ointment positioned in the anterior nasal chamber obstructs the airflow, moistens the mucosa and impairs bacterial growth. This places the nasal mucosa at rest and promotes healing of the damaged, dilated blood vessels. Nocturnal nose picking is cured by placing baseball batting or gardening gloves on the hands of the sleeping child.
Many adults take one aspirin daily.
Most use 325 mg P.O. daily. 80 mgs will protect the heart and leave the nose alone. The one we use is the Epistat by Xomed. Other commercial AP balloons are available. You can fashion your own with a Foley balloon for the posterior choana and layered gauze for anterior packing.