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Hi. I am 30 years of age and in pretty good health. But, the other day my nose was itching and I tried rubbing it to relieve the itch. Anyway, I must have rubbed it too hard because I developed a nosebleed. It went away within about 15 minutes or so. THEN, about 2 hours later I developed a migraine with visual disturbances that lasted about 30 minutes. Within that 30 minutes, I got pretty anxious because I HATE the visual symptoms I get for those LONG but short 30 minutes, and then out of the blue my nose started bleeding again! It took a little while longer for the bleeding to stop. About 40 minutes to fully say that it stopped. Why on earth would my nose bleed again? I DO have dry skin of unknown origin so I am thinking there is a possibility that my nasal passages are dry as well. I have trouble with minor nosebleeds in the winter months due to the dryness in the air. (I live in Minnesota for God's sake!) But, I have never had trouble with them around this time of the year. Although, like I said, mu skin has gotten drier than usual. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I always worry about the possibility of a platelet disorder or blood disorder that could be causing the nosebleeds. I did have some blood work done one month ago that proved perfectly normal. Would that rule out any blood disorder even if the blood work was done one month ago? Thanks.....
In Reply to: nosebleeds posted by Sharon on June 07, 2001 at 13:14:58:
Hi, Sharon.
What is your blood pressure?
See the archives about nosebleed management. Properly managed, NO nosebleed should last longer than 10 minutes!
Walt
In Reply to: Re: nosebleeds posted by Walt Stoll on June 09, 2001 at 08:16:20:
Dear Walt... my blood pressure is normal. I did end up going to an ear,nose and throat specialist and he told me that I have a pretty bad deviated septum and the left nostril that bled is the nostril that does not have as much air traveling freely... I am sure this makes more sense to you! He said that this deviated septum will make me prone to nosebleeds and colds will always be more pronounced with me. He said that I have a scab kinda far back in the nasal area and that is where the initial bleeding transpired. He gave me some ointment and told me to come back in a week so he could take a look, and then see if it needs to be cautarized (not sure of spelling). And then sometime in the future, possibly having outpatient surgery to repair the deviation. Any comments on this would be wonderful. Does this make sense to you and would you concur that deviated septums can cause nosebleeds? Thanks........
In Reply to: Re: nosebleeds posted by Sharon... for Walt on June 11, 2001 at 10:41:12:
Hi, Sharon.
Deviated septum nosebleeds happen on the side that has the most free movement of air because that nostril is passing all of the air and so dries out the most.
YOUR bleeding was on the other side and so the deviated septum is not likely the cause.
Cautery is a slippery slope since each cautery increases the likelyhood of the next bleed.
The most likely cause of bleeding on the side toward a deviated septum is hypersensitivity to something in your environment. Food is the easiest thing to test out. IF you only have a bleed rarely it will be very hard ot figure out a cause. If you have them every few days, it should not be too hard.
In the meantime, you can easily stop any bleeding in 10 minutes without any mess--or anxiety in surrounding people (See the archives.)
Let us know how you do.
Walt
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