[Robo]

OK, so, I get nosebleeds a lot. I had two (two days in a row!) last week, and then I had another one just now. (That's a lot, right? I don't know anybody else who gets nosebleeds that often, but it's not like I go around asking people...) It's really annoying, because if I feel like my nose is starting to bleed I have like two seconds to get to the powder room, tops, before it turns into a faucet. But it's also beginning to impact my life, I think? Like, I'm beginning to get nervous about leaving my apartment because what if I were to get a nosebleed while I was out? I don't want to just start bleeding everywhere, it's gross.

I think it's impacted by the weather. Like, the hotness, or dryness, or something. When I lived in hot and dry Vegas, there were times when I'd have multiple nosebleeds a day. And then after moving to Oregon they stopped, for a while, but it's been hot and dry (for Oregon) the last few weeks and so I've been getting them again. But nobody else here is getting nosebleeds and I don't want to have to live in a tundra all my life so I'm kind of wondering why I get them so much.

The Wikipedia page is unhelpful...I don't really take many drugs, I have no allergies except to (apparently?) aspartame, and while I don't know my blood pressure my family actually has a history of low blood pressure, or at least that's what my dad says. I don't drink, and I'm not, um, pregnant. I guess I could get more vitamins, though...?

My nose is a bit crooked, as a result of, I think, a childhood injury. Could that make the insides more "fragile" or something? I don't want to gross you guys out or anything but I've noticed that when I get a nosebleed it almost always is on one, um, side. Is that, like, normal? (Is it weird that I get nosebleeds so often I can detect a pattern? Idunno.)

I would like to not have to worry about worry about my face spontaneously gushing out blood in public (it hasn't happened yet, thankfully). Thoughts?

[Kickaha]

Dry air will set them off pretty quickly for most people, if you're susceptible to them. My brother is prone to them.

Try... a) a humidifier in your home, b) a pocket saline nasal spray bottle - cheap but effective, c) *stay hydrated*.

Do see a doctor though - it could be a sign of something more serious, especially if it's just one side. Lesion, growth, polyp... any number of things, that the dry air just tips over the edge into bloodworks.

But really dude... stop picking your nose like that.

[evan]

you can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.

[Moogs]

I never used to get them but this past spring I had a couple doozies. Scared the hell out of me because I wasn't used to it. "Oh shit teh Alienz implanted transmitter in mah noze¡¡ Call Mulder!" I think in my case it was some funky combination of dry air and allergies, as Kick suggests.

[Robo]

Originally Posted by Kickaha Do see a doctor though - it could be a sign of something more serious, especially if it's just one side. Lesion, growth, polyp... any number of things, that the dry air just tips over the edge into bloodworks.

I don't know what those are but they sound super disgusting.

It's not, like, just one side. But it's one side more than the other, *and* the ones on that side tend to be worse. Like, the ones on the one side are just kind of there, y'know, like they're the normal nosebleeds that I imagine normal people get (I've never watched anybody else have a nosebleed so I don't know). But the ones on the other side, and these are the more common ones, are like, "OK, when will this stop?"

I had a few nosebleeds in Vegas that were seriously a little frightening. I haven't had any like that since though.

Aaand there you have it, folks, more about my nose then you ever wanted to know.

I probably should go see a doctor, in case I have a polyp or anything. But it's kind of hard because A) I don't have any money, B) I don't have any insurance, and C) I get sort of nervous about going to doctors. And I'm really self-conscious about my nose, too. It's just easier to talk about these things online for some reason.

[@_@ Artman]

Originally Posted by Moogs "Oh shit teh Alienz implanted transmitter in mah noze¡¡ Call Mulder!"

[pscates2.0]

Originally Posted by Moogs I never used to get them but this past spring I had a couple doozies. Scared the hell out of me because I wasn't used to it. "Oh shit teh Alienz implanted transmitter in mah noze¡¡ Call Mulder!"

Mulder? Why?

How about his cute little redheaded partner instead? You'll get a legit, scientific/medical explanation for the problem (that won't involve aliens), and she'll look super hot while providing it. A two-for-one deal...help and eye candy.

[Robo]

Oh shit. I just re-watched the X-Files pilot. And you know how all the kids knew that aliens were coming back for them?

They got nosebleeds.

Oh shit. Oh shit oh shit.

But I'd ask for Mulder any day, Pscates. Sculley would give you a "legit scientific/medical explanation"...that would usually be wrong.

Mulder being David Duchovny would have nothing to do with it.

[CitizenTony]

I get them pretty often, mainly, it seems, when the weather changes rapidly. I figure it has something to do with dryness and/or the change in pressure in the atmosphere. Mostly dryness though.

They're annoying, but it's something I've had since I was a kid so I can pretty much tell when one is coming a few seconds before and can do something to stop it from running out of my nostril.

My parents took me to the doctor over it when I was small and I believe they were told it was due to too thin mucus membranes or something like that. Nothing to concern myself over.

One thing that helps a lot is to get some vaseline and rub a small amount into my nostril, really coating the thing, if I've been getting them lately. I don't think I've ever gotten one on a day that I've done that.

[pscates2.0]

I've never had a true, random "WTF?!" nosebleed.

Not that I can recall, anyway. Do they hurt? Or does the blood just come out and you don't feel anything?

Good to know I'm alien-proof.

I've had friends, over the years, who'd get them quite a bit.

[curiousuburb]

Kickaha stole most of my comments.

There's an accupuncture/pressure point deep in the vee between your thumb and index finger that is alleged to influence nosebleeds. Also supposed to work with ice cubes, but that may be equally impractical in public.

[zippy]

I don't know what you do to get yours to stop bleeding, but my advice is to wad up some tissue and cram it up there. It ain't purty, but there's no quicker way to get them to stop than direct tissue pressure on the bleed site. When you take it out, it can sometimes start to bleed a bit, but I always have a new 'plug' ready to cram up there just in case. It usually only takes a couple of plugs to get mine to quit.

Mine do occur more when it's hot and dry, and it's aggravated by a deviated septum. I had a doc try to cotterize (sp?) the area once, but that just made the whole are kind of soar and raw feeling for a while. I didn't think about the vaseline treatment back then, but if I would if I had it done now.

[murbot]

I've had them a few times. Once I had one sprout up within minutes of an absolute blood pressure spiking rage-induced fit of yelling. Of course when I found the blood on my shirt I went on a 5 minute "oh, this is just fucking GREAT!!! encore performance , so it didn't stop that quickly.

My last good nosebleed was caused by good old fashioned nose picking. Hey, I was alone in my house, and that hard booger wouldn't come out by blowing alone. Goddamned hard snot.

[Robo]

Originally Posted by pscates2.0 I've never had a true, random "WTF?!" nosebleed. Not that I can recall, anyway. Do they hurt? Or does the blood just come out and you don't feel anything?

Never? Never ever? Wow.

Lucky you.

No, they don't hurt (at least mine don't), which is actually kind of weird, now that I think about it. You'd think they would, since you are, y'know, bleeding.

You just, like, start to feel blood running through your nose, and then you think "Oh shit!" and run to the restroom (heaven help you if it's occupied). And no matter how hard you try to keep it in tissues or whatever some of it will land in the sink, which is both gross and bizarrely fascinating, because for some dumb reason it's always surprising how red blood really is. And it's kind of freaky, because when the drops of blood hit the sink they're so big and it looks like there's so much and you feel very mortal.

Or maybe that's just me.

[Moogs]

Originally Posted by pscates2.0 Mulder? Why? How about his cute little redheaded partner instead? You'll get a legit, scientific/medical explanation for the problem (that won't involve aliens), and she'll look super hot while providing it. A two-for-one deal...help and eye candy.

Because I wasn't sure if it was Scully or Sculley, and was too lazy to go search. But yes you are correct. However, very few people every call Scully directly. First they call Mulder, then he shows up with Sculley...

... so you know, I figured I'd lure her over here and then tell Mulder that I saw a strange glowing lighting in the bog across the road last night, so he should check that out while Scullee interviews me.

[Brad]

Welcome to my world, dude. Growing up I had more nosebleeds than I could count. I'm not sure which ones were worse: the random nosebleeds in class or the random nosebleeds while I was asleep (which results in waking up in a pool of blood in the pillow).

FOR. THE. WIN.

I also blacked out on occasion. What was great was once the two coincided in a high school AP english class my junior year. I felt the onset just a moment beforehand, started to get up and say "excu...", and then thud, on the floor with a smattering of blood.

SO. AWESOME.

Fortunately, I seemed to "grow out" of them, or maybe it's that the allergy meds I'm on now are better.

[Moogs]

Dude that would be messed up. Every time you have a nosebleed at night, the next morning you wake up and feel like this guy:

Only not so sedated.

[Robo]

Originally Posted by Brad Welcome to my world, dude. Growing up I had more nosebleeds than I could count. I'm not sure which ones were were: the random nosebleeds in class or the random nosebleeds while I'm asleep (which results in waking up in a pool of blood). FOR. THE. WIN.

Oh dear. I would flip the fuck out if I woke up with a nosebleed. When I was really little I had a few nosebleeds in my sleep, but I don't think I ever woke up during them, I just found myself and a bunch of dried blood later.

That's actually even more alarming, in a way. I could, like, bleed to death in my sleep without waking up! All the more reason to be terrified of sleeping.

...

[Brad]

Oh, I edited in a few more details after that initial post. Reload.

[Robo]

Originally Posted by Brad Oh, I edited in a few more details after that initial post. Reload.

I got it.

Idunno. Like, they come and go, seemingly concurrent with climate change*, but I'm not sure if I'm going to "grow out of them." I think that's what my parents used to say. But I am 21 (and 7/12! Which makes a palindrome!). I'm not sure how much longer it could take for me to grow out of them without it really being me growing into not having them.

They used to say that I would be more interested in girls when I was older, too, so I'm not sure how much I trust them.

*If this global warming thing gets worse, I am well and truly fucked. Well, worse than everyone else, anyway.

[Xaqtly]

Just as another point of data, I started getting nosebleeds when I first moved to Vegas. They stopped after a couple months with only a couple reoccurrences. It probably just has to do with the climate change since you moved a little while ago, I'd give it some more time. Alternately, you can see if a doctor can cauterize your nose veins if it's a real problem.

[turbulentfurball]

Keep your finger outta there!


That's what she said.

[CitizenTony]

I'd get them in my sleep as well, though I don't know if one ever got out of hand before I woke up. Later in life I'd wake up like a bolt if one was coming, like a sensor had been tripped. Or maybe I've been bloody nose trained?

I do notice that I get far fewer as I've gotten older, I'm now 28 (and 7/12 ) and think I've probably had less than five this year so far.

[Robo]

Originally Posted by CitizenTony I do notice that I get far fewer as I've gotten older, I'm now 28 (and 7/12 ) and think I've probably had less than five this year so far.

Hey! I'm cheated out of a birthday by having it so close to Christmas. So I gotta celebrate the 27th every chance I get.

[CitizenTony]

Originally Posted by Roboman Hey! I'm cheated out of a birthday by having it so close to Christmas. So I gotta celebrate the 27th every chance I get.

No kidding, mine's the 28th. Worked out well some years though.

[709]

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Cocaaaine.





Haven't had a nosebleed since I quit.

[Moogs]

Somehow, I always knew you were an ex coke-fiend....

[709]

What does THAT mean?!?




Actually, not so much coke (though I did my fair share, and then maybe somebody else's share too, and OK, maybe their brother's), but LSD, mostly. That was by and far my fave. Many years ago I did an honest tally of how much of that drug I did, and, well, it's a little embarrassing. And frightening in that I still have any synapses left firing.

Oh well. I've always been a little weird, so thankfully I picked a drug that just accentuated that, and didn't kill me to boot.



But this is about Robomang.

Don't do drugs! BAD! Drugs are BAD! BAD Robomang!

[hflomberg]

GO TO A DOCTOR! This is not something that you want to play around with. It can be anything from a poorly placed pimple to High Blood Pressure.

That's exactly what I would tell my kids!

[Bryson]

Aye: Frequent nosebleeds were what alerted me to my High Blood Pressure. Go check it out. Use a machine in the local pharmacy if you don't want to go to the doc quite yet. Just because your family have a history of low pressure...well, that's not a good reason not to suspect it.

My BP is back within normal limits (although on the high end) and the nosebleeds have stopped.