The other night I had a nose bleed that took me over 5 hours to stop. I take a blood thinner so I suppose that had something to do with it. I had to lay on my back with my head titled back and I stuffed the nostril with tissue. That was miserable, I am looking for a better way to stop it if it happens again. Any of you folks have experience with a nose bleed?

I've had an occasional nose bleed for about 5 years, I doctored for it and I guess I should not have quit doing what she prescribed. She had me get an over the counter sinus rinse called NeilMed and rinse both nostrils twice a day. I did that for a long time and when I didn't have anymore nosebleeds I quit it. So I guess it is on me. I started the rinse process again. I am just curious if some of you know a good way to stop one if it would happen again. The previous nose bleeds I had I got stopped rather easily, I don't know why it was such a problem this last time.

Run a humidifier.

Yes, very low humidity is often a contributing factor.

Q tip with Vaseline can hep keep your nose from getting too dry in winter. Humidifier like WB said help a lot too.

Use Vaseline in your nostrils or if you get a nosebleed do what you been doing but use Vaseline.i use cotton balls

Yeah you got to be careful with the nose bleed thing. Have life time friend used to wake up in morning pillow look like someone was killed with it. Sometimes he would just sneeze and it would be a blood bath. He ended up having to have couple spots cauterized. That was probably 50 years and I think he still gets a bleed going sometimes.
When I was in highschool wrestling. We had couple guys bleed Everytime they wrestle. Had little things like tampons called rino rocket. End up with that in their nose. You might want to get your self some. Beat bloody wad of toilet paper or Kleenex.

Mac

Got a humidifier, will start using it tonight. I also have been using Vaseline after I do a rinse. I am looking for ways to stop the bleed once it starts. I think with me using the rinse and the humidifier I won't have any more nose bleeds. It was just frustrating that it took over 5 hours to stop it the other night.

When dad had his by-pass surgery the doc put him on blood thinners. He had some bad nosebleeds and ended up in intensive care for a few days due to his age and loss of blood. They had a rhino rocket up his nose and I was in the room when they removed it after a few days. The blood just poured out again. They jammed another rocket up his nose to get it stopped. They ended up adjusting his medicine and cauterizing the bleeders. All was good for about 5 years and then he started getting the nose bleeds again. He ended up in the ER twice within 2 weeks. Each time they cauterized a bleeder. He has been good so far. It has been about a year since his last nose bleed.

I would suggest going to the doctor. Hopefully they don't get any worse.

Phenylephrine nasal spray will stop the bleeding once it occurs . You still need to see your MD for treatment and/or adjustment of your blood thinner.

Ice pack maybe to get it to stop?

I have them all the time. Get with your doc and get it cauterized. But it only happens for me in the winter months.
I use the Vaseline treatment and have a room humidifier and none of those things work. I can go for weeks and then for no reason get a gusher. It takes me about a hour to get it stopped. And It's only at night when I hit the sack.

You are better off sitting up rather than lying down. I just stuff some Kleenex up my nose to get it stopped.

Thats what I had to do.Never had another problem.

Ice helps me.
I have a C-PAP now though and it takes water so I don't get them anymore.

My dad used to have them all the time till he had this procedure done.

2 types of nosebleeds- anterior and posterior. Anterior ones are just a slight distance up your nose on the septum. Most common. Pinch your nostrils together and you are applying pressure over the problem. Hold for 15 minutes (they make a clamp for this) and it'll stop. Then go to your doctor and get the area cauterized.

You can potentially bleed to death from the posterior ones if on a blood thinner. Those you go to the ED and have packing stuffed deep in your nose to stop them most of the time..

Never put Vaseline in your nostrils!!! You could get Vaseline in your lungs and suffer damage or even die.

Keith

They used to make a clotting powder that worked not sure if it’s still made.

I get them daily in the winter. Makes for an excellent sight/scent attractant at sets in fresh snow. Often times it will happen at the exact same location for 3-5 consecutive days when I’m pulling a sled checking traps. It must be something related to my heart rate being at a certain level or something at that point in my trap check and the superficial blood vessel just can’t handle it. I’m sure someone has come across those spots in the marsh where my nose started to bleed and really wondered what occurred there with all that blood.

I would go get it cauterized but I heard that is extremely unpleasant. So I just carry some tissue in my pocket every day in the winter now.

When I first started to get nose bleeds I went to a specialist, she told me to use the rinse I mentioned above and after using the rinse to put a bit of Vaseline on the inside at the bottom of my nose, she did not tell me to put it up in the nostrils, but along the bottom and then wipe it with a tissue. I really think if I had continued using the rinse I would not have gotten a bloody nose again. I plan to keep on using the rinse now.

I’d be in a panic if I ever had a nosebleed that long. You sure are tough!
Or stubborn! lol!

Take care!!!!