Nose Bleeds

[brikis98]

i recently started getting random nose bleeds... i'll be a bit sniffly or blow my nose and blood will just start coming out the right nostril... kind of gross but it's more annoying than anything else (esp. when it happens in a restaurant).

i had this same issue 4 years ago and my guess is that it's the result of the air becoming cold/dry, which i guess dries out my nose and causes capillaries to break...

anyone else have this? and, other than getting a humidifier for my room, any good advice for how to prevent/reduce these?

 

[thirtythree]

Vaseline? Though I'm not sure it's supposed to go in your nostrils... EDIT: I hear nasal irrigation helps with dry noses. Search for it on wikipedia.

 

[Kalvin00]

chapstick on your finger and put it inside your nostrils?

 

[IceBergSLiM]

you could be dehydrated are you drinking enough water?

 

[DaShen]

drink more water and take vitamin c

 

[moshquerade]

stop picking your nose.
apply a small amount of vaseline to your nasal septum.
run a humidifier in your house/bedroom.

 

[mikej007]

I used to have the same thing. Vaseline in the nose worked fine.

 

[moshquerade]

dbl post

 

[Descartes]

I get them every once in a while. I try to run a humidifier at night and use moisturizing tissues (not sure if that actually helps or not). I've never tried the vaseline under the nose.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Smash your face in with a brick, that'll teach it.

 

[gnumantsc]

Get a warm air humidifier to combat the dryness at your place. Do not get the cold ones (warm ones warm up the water and creates a warm myst).

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
stop picking your nose.
apply a small amount of vaseline to your nasal septum.
run a humidifier in your house/bedroom.

Good advice. Use a Q-Tip to apply the Vaseline

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: GalvanizedYankee
Good advice. Use a Q-Tip to apply the Vaseline

this and also the moisturizing nasal sprays help out a bit.

my wife usually gets them in the summer when it is 115F+ and like 5% humidity - we hate humidity so i am not putting a humidifier in the room, so the vaseline at night does the trick the best with the moisturizing nasal spray throughout the day.

 

[Metron]

Could be early signs of hemophilia... or a tumor.

 

[brikis98]

thx for the advice folks... i'll try some vaseline and get the humidifier going and see what happens...

 

[Scarpozzi]

If vasoline doesn't do the trick, go to a doctor. You may have a leaky vein up there. It may sound painful, but they can cotterize it and stop the bleeding for good if it's continuing to rupture.

 

[ranmaniac]

Move to Florida. Or if you really need humidity, try Houston.

 

[Izzo]

Get one of these breathing devices.

 

[Connoisseur]

Originally posted by: brikis98
i recently started getting random nose bleeds... i'll be a bit sniffly or blow my nose and blood will just start coming out the right nostril... kind of gross but it's more annoying than anything else (esp. when it happens in a restaurant).

i had this same issue 4 years ago and my guess is that it's the result of the air becoming cold/dry, which i guess dries out my nose and causes capillaries to break...

anyone else have this? and, other than getting a humidifier for my room, any good advice for how to prevent/reduce these?

That's generally the cause. I used to have this problem frequently and in great quantity (I used to wake up in a large pool of my own blood). I went to a doctor and he cauterized the capillary. Now i have this problem VERY rarely, only if it's especially dry and I decide to go nose spelunking. It's a slightly painful but very quick (5 seconds) procedure. A couple of days later, you blow out the nastiest looking booger in the world. After that, you're good to go.

 

[Mellman]

get a humidifier

 

[Exterous]

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
If vasoline doesn't do the trick, go to a doctor. You may have a leaky vein up there. It may sound painful, but they can cotterize it and stop the bleeding for good if it's continuing to rupture.

My uncle had that done and it stopped his chronic nose bleeds. He said it really didn't hurt all that much

I had a similar issue for a while but seem to have grown out of it. I had good luck with nasal irrigation as well

 

[drinkmorejava]

Get a humidifier; they don't coast much. You're heat is probably pretty dry unless you have an inline humidifier.

 

[lokiju]

Saline nasal spray.

 

[Bryophyte]

Humidifier, vaseline on finger and insert in nose if it's bad enough, and when you're outside and it's freezing (and thus air is very dry), wrap your scarf loosely around your face from nose down to keep down the moisture loss from your airway.

 

[acid45]

Lay off the blow!!