A deviated septum occurs when the thin wall (nasal septum) inside your nose is displaced to one side. Your septum separates your right and left nasal cavities and ideally is situated in the center of your nose, equally separating the two sides. In about 80 percent of people, however, the nasal septum is displaced, making one nasal passage smaller.
Symptoms
Symptoms of a deviated septum can include:
- Facial pain, headaches, postnasal drip.
- Blockage of one or both nostrils
- Nasal congestion, sometimes on one side
- Frequent nosebleeds
- Frequent sinus infections
- Noisy breathing during sleep in infants and young children
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