anybody else get these? ive had them since i was a little kid, and they just started flaring up agian... Discuss. No i dont have a cocaine habit, and no its not because i blow/pick my nose.

Perhaps the air is really dry in your house right now. I used to get nosebleeds from the air being to dry when I was a younger. Usually happened in the winter too.


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...humidifier :shrug

sleep w/a humidifier...... and it'll stop...

that or consult your DR.

Never had this problem. Like 20 years ago, my brother smelled a tea bag and his nose bled like a stuck pig :shrug

Originally posted by hazardeclipse
cocaine habit

I get them ALL the time. I've also been cauderized twice (suppose to basically stop nose bleeds forever), and I still get them randomely all the time. The best way to stop a nose bleed is with a cotton ball. One cotton ball is all it ussually takes. I keep them in my dorm at all times.

Could be a vitamin c deficiency.

Most likely the mucosa is just dry - this can be from low humidity, medications, or your "normal" baseline. A humidifier can help yes, and also OTC saline nasal sprays. I don't know if you have any sinus problems or upper respiratory symptoms, but that's a start.

Someone mentioned a vit C deficiency, but that is exceedingly rare.

I had them growing up. Humidifier fixed it right up.

I win!

I second the Vitamin C deficiency, I had that too, and took vitamin tablets for a few days, and was long gone for a while. But now i get them once in a while.

I think the doctor said it was "Capillary deficiency"?

This reminds me i have to go to an ENT ear nose and throat specialist tomorrow to have my nose looked at. I think they are going to break my nose and reset the bone so i can breath for the first time in my in my 25 years on earth.

wow man that sucks, hope it doesnt hurt much. but here is something sure to cheer you up:



lol jk i just had to post it :P, atleast youll breathe right from now on ..right?! :7

Originally posted by edxmon
wow man that sucks, hope it doesnt hurt much. but here is something sure to cheer you up: lol jk i just had to post it :P, atleast youll breathe right from now on ..right?! :7

Naw i didnt get owned as a kid. Well maybe i just dont remember it because i got knocked the F$%k out! haha the problem runs in the family.

Originally posted by edxmon
I think the doctor said it was "Capillary deficiency"?

What? LOL.

Vitamin C deficiency is not likely to be an issue, and vitamin supplements are a waste of money for healthy people. Vitamin C deficiency looks like the following: poor wound healing, gingivitis, tooth loss, decreased immune function/increased infections. Severe deficiency gives you scurvy (an issue if you are like, a pirate or something) - and while that can give you hemorrhages and cutaneous bleeding, you'd have some other serious things going on too.

you sure you arent into blow? because that would explain it

+1 for the weather being colder and dryer than usual, causing your capillaries in your nasal vestibule to rupture at the slightest pressure change.

Stay hydrated.

Vitamin C has nothing to do with this.

Haz, i get them in the dry cold weather as well. The more you are outside in the dry air the more frequent they will become.

Humidifier should help like posted above.

Originally posted by ez
Severe deficiency gives you scurvy (an issue if you are like, a pirate or something)

LOL

arrrrrgh

Originally posted by burntheblobs
I get them ALL the time. I've also been cauderized twice (suppose to basically stop nose bleeds forever), and I still get them randomely all the time. The best way to stop a nose bleed is with a cotton ball. One cotton ball is all it ussually takes. I keep them in my dorm at all times.

How was that? getting them cauterized i mean? they told me a few years ago that i needed that, but i never had it done. Did it suck?

Originally posted by hazardeclipse

Originally posted by burntheblobs I get them ALL the time. I've also been cauderized twice (suppose to basically stop nose bleeds forever), and I still get them randomely all the time. The best way to stop a nose bleed is with a cotton ball. One cotton ball is all it ussually takes. I keep them in my dorm at all times.

How was that? getting them cauterized i mean? they told me a few years ago that i needed that, but i never had it done. Did it suck?

Hurt kind of bad as they are basically chemically burning the inside of your nostril. DEFINITELY worth the pain if it works though.

=/ i hate my nose bleeding tho... maybe ill look into that...

Originally posted by DarkOne

Originally posted by hazardeclipse cocaine habit

QFT

how come MY nose only usually bleeds during REALLY hot weather or long exposure in the sun? Ive always wondered, but it only happens 2-3 times per year, during summer and such.

I've got random nose bleeds since I was a tyke. I'm sure all the brake cleaner and brake dust every day doesn't help.

Seems to only happen during extreme temp's however. Whenever I feel my nose is dry, I use saline spray (as mentioned) and it's almost guaranteed not to bleed.