Nose bleeds

[insomniac]

What should I do when I get a nosebleed?


A nosebleed can be scary to get--or see--but try to stay calm. Most nosebleeds look much worse than they really are. Almost all nosebleeds can be treated at home.


If you get a nosebleed, sit down and lean slightly forward. Keeping your head above your heart will make your nose bleed less. Lean forward so the blood will drain out of your nose instead of down the back of your throat. If you lean back, you may swallow the blood. This can cause nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

Use your thumb and index finger to squeeze together the soft portion of your nose. This area is located between the end of your nose and the hard, bony ridge that forms the bridge of your nose. Keep holding your nose until the bleeding stops. Don't let go for at least 5 minutes. If it's still bleeding, hold it again for 10 minutes straight.

You can also place a cold compress or an ice pack across the bridge of your nose.

Once the bleeding stops, don't do anything that may make it start again, such as bending over or blowing your nose.


http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/healthy/firstaid/basics/132.html#ArticleParsysMiddleColumn0001

[Bint Yusuf]

I always get nose bleeds, started in one hot afternoon at primary school lol.

Yeh don't lean back or you'll choke on your blood as well as all the other stuff mentioned.

Once you get a nose bleed most likely you will rest of your life unless the vessel that broke heals up properly and scabs over. However if you rub your nose to hard without intention to the scab breaks and BAM nose bleed!

You can get something to help heal the vessel thats broken, which is a cream and you rub it on.

:up:

[Abu Mus'ab]

Once you get a nose bleed most likely you will rest of your life unless the vessel that broke heals up properly and scabs over. However if you rub your nose to hard without intention to the scab breaks and BAM nose bleed!

Not true at all.

I was a chronic nose bleeder, in my chilodhood days, i think i fell on my head or sumt :scratch: and then one day it just stopped, and it doesn't bleed un-normally anymore (it'll bleed if i get hit in the nose of course)

[angel*]

Not true at all.

I was a chronic nose bleeder, in my chilodhood days, i think i fell on my head or sumt :scratch: and then one day it just stopped, and it doesn't bleed un-normally anymore (it'll bleed if i get hit in the nose of course)


Ahhh that expalins alot......

[Abu Mus'ab]

lemme have a whack at ya.. i'm sick of my punchbag!! :torture:
I'm tired of mine too, it doesnt hit back :(

[Hafsah]

alhamdulilah i've only ever had one nose bleed..and at the time i was sure my brain was haemorrhaging and i was dying :rolleyes: