Nosebleeds...

[Catty1]

I imagine there are quite a few people experiencing nosebleeds with colder weather and drier air - not made easier by indoor heating systems which dry the air even more.

This season has been rather bad for me nosebleed-wise. I had surgery many years ago by an ENT who said adults weren't cauterized - they had the blood vessels surgically removed. So I did that.

I moved to Alberta in 1999 and have had several sessions of cauterization.

I went last fall and was told that cauterizing the two bleeding sites in each nostril would wind up creating a hole.

So I got one side done. And now the left one is really bad.

Yeah...I can go get cauterized. I have also put a small ionic humidifier right next to my bed, which does a cool mist over my pillow (when my head is on it ).

Are there any products anyone knows of that might slowly cauterize the area? Any healing things?

I also put polysporin ointment/vaseline in my nose too.

This isn't fatal...but it sure is annoying. I wish it could be FIXED!

[Freedom]

The one and only thing I know about nose bleeds is that drinking orange juice makes them worse.

Sure hope someone comes along soon with some help for you!

[Catty1]

LOL - I wonder why that is???

I guess I better not START drinking orange juice!

[Catlady711]

Dunno about nosebleeds caused by dry air, but when I was a kid I used to have frequent and random nosebleeds. At the time it was caused by a lack of iron (anemia) and I took iron pills for a few years and it went away. When I was an older teen they came back but I immediately went for the iron pills for a couple months and have never had a problem since, nor do I have to take iron pills now.

[moosmom]

Catty1,

High blood pressure can also cause nosebleeds.

I've had a "Hello Kitty" cool mist humidifier in my bedroom since the heat was turned on. The heat in my apartment is VERY dry and it helps alot.

[Catty1]

catlady, actually, I have to be on iron, so I will make sure I take it regularly.

Donna, funny thing is that low blood pressure is NORMAL for me. 94/60 is nothing unusual - my all time high was 120/80!

I have a tiny humidifier that I now put next to my bed on the nighttable - and that has helped a lot. I wish there was a natural cauterizing agent - a pharmacist and I briefly considered the styptic pencil men use for shaving cuts - BRIEFLY! lol

Thanks all.