Nosebleeds suck

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2003-09-12 04:30pm

I had a 12-tissues-soaked-right-through-every-square-cm nosebleed a few hours ago. I counted the tissues.

Anyone else get really bad nosebleeds like this?

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-09-12 04:34pm

I used to have nosebleed but every time i fixed it with ice,and in winter when it started to bleed and i was outside i used snow.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-09-12 04:42pm

I get nosebleeds every so often, and occasionally I'll get one that sounds roughly that bad.

Most of the time I just keep my head back or lie down so it just goes down my throat. We don't want to waste any of it now, do we?

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-09-12 04:48pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:I get nosebleeds every so often, and occasionally I'll get one that sounds roughly that bad.

Most of the time I just keep my head back or lie down so it just goes down my throat. We don't want to waste any of it now, do we?

That can easily result in it going into your lungs, causing something like drowning, or far more prolonged and possibul requiring a hospital trip and a suction hose being directed into the affect lung to suck out the blood to avoid an infection.

In short, lean forward.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-09-12 04:56pm

Perhaps I should clarify a little. I let it build up a bit in my mouth, then I swallow it. There is no way it could enter my lungs.

BoredShirtless · Post by **BoredShirtless** » 2003-09-12 04:59pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Perhaps I should clarify a little. I let it build up a bit in my mouth, then I swallow it. There is no way it could enter my lungs.

Yummy!

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-09-12 04:59pm

Change your name from Spanky The Dolphin to Spanky The Vampire.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-09-12 05:04pm

Oh bugger off.

*grumble* Knew it was going to start sooner or later... *grumble*

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-09-12 05:12pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Perhaps I should clarify a little. I let it build up a bit in my mouth, then I swallow it. There is no way it could enter my lungs.

Actually it still can, ever drink or eat something and start coughing/coking, that's because some of it started to get into your lungs and you body does not fucking want it in there. However since blood is thick and heavy its more dangerous then say a glass of water.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-09-12 05:16pm

but its blood, so it wont cause respiratory problems, just be uncomfortable. the blood will absorb oxygen from the air and the lungs will absorb oxygen from the blood. dolphins and deep-sea-divers occasionally experience this. it prevents them from imploding.

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2003-09-12 05:21pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Perhaps I should clarify a little. I let it build up a bit in my mouth, then I swallow it. There is no way it could enter my lungs.
Actually it still can, ever drink or eat something and start coughing/coking, that's because some of it started to get into your lungs and you body does not fucking want it in there. However since blood is thick and heavy its more dangerous then say a glass of water.

Hmm, that might explain why he chokes while drinking/eating about twice a day...

And to the rest of you: maybe your noses wouldn't bleed so often if you kept your fingers ouf of there!

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-09-12 05:23pm

Um, Kojikun, I don't think it works like that...

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2003-09-12 05:26pm

Never had one for some reason

Cyborg Stan · Post by **Cyborg Stan** » 2003-09-12 05:27pm

When I get nosebleeds, they usually aren't that bad.

This does not count for the fact that there's bleeding from the back of my nasal passages from minor surgery from around eight or so years back. They tend to come out as mucus-covered clots.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-09-12 05:35pm

Do NOT swallow blood. It can and will make you gag which will lead to blood inhalation, or a very bad case of diarrhoea. Inhaling blood is not a good thing, no matter what others say, it is a substance that will reduce airflow to the circulatory system by coating the bronchioles etc. It will be dissolved eventually, but you'd suffocate long before.

In short, my mother advises lean forward as I always learnt, she's a nurse so I try not to dispute her advice. Unless it's clean the bedroom.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-09-12 05:37pm

kojikun wrote:but its blood, so it wont cause respiratory problems, just be uncomfortable. the blood will absorb oxygen from the air and the lungs will absorb oxygen from the blood. dolphins and deep-sea-divers occasionally experience this. it prevents them from imploding.

No offence, but that's grade A bollocks. Whoever told you that obviously expects blood to be a good thing even outside its medium.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-09-12 05:50pm

The last time I had a nosebleed was several years ago.

Agent R · Post by **Agent R** » 2003-09-12 06:36pm

YT300000 wrote:I had a 12-tissues-soaked-right-through-every-square-cm nosebleed a few hours ago. I counted the tissues.

Anyone else get really bad nosebleeds like this?

Yeah, I've had nosebleeds like that. I had a cold and I blew my nose too hard. I pinched off my nose but for some reason I couldn't seem to be able to breathe through my mouth. I gagged and threw up my chicken soup into the bathroom sink. I swallowed a lot blood before I threw up, and it was just a huge bloody, mucus-y mess. It seemed like half an hour before it stopped bleeding, but it might have been closer to ten minutes.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-09-12 07:42pm

I used to get nosebleeds when blowing my nose every few months. And in school, too. And it had to be in the beginning of the school day, and not in some boring class, or a class I had a big test I didn't study for in.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-09-12 07:47pm

Blame anatomy, the nasal passage is well vascularised in order to supply you with nice and warm fresh air, this of course means the blood vessels are very close to the epithelium and can rupture easily.

Strate_Egg · Post by **Strate_Egg** » 2003-09-12 11:19pm

I tend to get a ton of nosebleeds, but that is usually because i have bad allergies and i cant stop sneezing.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-09-12 11:23pm

What's really fun is to fill a sink partway with water and let you nose bleed into it. The blood makes cool patterns as it drops into the water, and I find it rather fun to watch.

Strate_Egg · Post by **Strate_Egg** » 2003-09-12 11:58pm

That is a bit disturbing

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-09-13 12:04am

The first and only time I can recall my nose bleeding is when I hit a slide face-first whilst running (don't ask).

Bug-Eyed Earl · Post by **Bug-Eyed Earl** » 2003-09-13 12:16am

I used to scratch the inside of my nose in my sleep.

VERY HARD. Sniffling hurt, and nosebleeds would inevitably follow.

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