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Cocaine use causes severe nose and throat damage

Irish surgeons are warning of increasingly severe nose and throat damage linked to cocaine use .N...

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06.30 8 Oct 2026


Cocaine use causes severe nose and throat damage


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Irish surgeons are warning of increasingly severe nose and throat damage linked to cocaine use .New guidance says the damage can go far beyond the familiar “hole in the nose”. In some cases destroying the nose and roof of the mouth.

Speaking to Anton was Consultant surgeon Mona Thornton of the Irish Rhinologic Society. 


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