 [ Symptoms ] my nose and nostrils are swollen and painful after a severe cold how do i get rid of the pain and swelling  i had a severe cold with fever and chills on tuesday my nose dripped constantly starting on monday and lasted thru most of wednesday thursday my nose started to swell up at the tip and my nostrils both swelled and flared out and are very painful it is now saturday and they are still swollen and painful what do i do [ Disease ] hi i do think it would pay you to see your doctor with these pains asap good luck