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The nosebleed section

4 October 2004, 1:33 AM

Tonight was the second time in a week that I suddenly sneezed hard and my nose started bleeding. (This has never happened to me before last week.) Took a lot longer to stop it tonight than last time. Annoying. I hope this doesn't continue all winter.

Btw, the MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia article on nosebleed notes that, contrary to popular advice, when applying pressure to stop a nosebleed you should "[l]ean forward to avoid swallowing the blood."

There are various other things I was going to mention (movies, TV, the weekend in general, etc), but it's late and I need to go to sleep. More tomorrow, most likely.

Comments

I went through a period of frequent nosebleeds. My doctor told me to rub petroleum jelly-based antibiotic ointment in my nose (petroleum jelly for moisturizing, antibiotic so nasties don't grow in the petroleum jelly). It worked well.

Posted by: Jacob | October 4, 2004 9:36 AM

There's something weird about sticking neosporin up your nose, but it does sound like it would work.

I've heard the don't-lean-back advice about nosebleeds too, although I thought it had something to do with blood dripping into your lungs rather than swallowing it.

Posted by: irilyth | October 5, 2004 10:29 AM

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