Nosebleeds (TRIGGERING MY ANXIETY)

[Benn96]

Hi all..

so when I was younger I used to get the odd nose bleed, never thought anything about it because everyone gets them at least once in their life. So as I got older I started to get nose bleeds about once or twice every two years.. again because it was happening yearly and not everyday I didn’t think anything of it.. now I’m 23 and I’ve suddenly been getting nosebleeds a lot frequently like it happened 3 days ago I was woke up and sat up.. I felt my nose start to run and I wiped it and it was blood.. I was in shock at first cause I didn’t expect it but It only lasted for about 2 mins then went so again I didn’t think anything about it, then the same day but on the night time I payed down to goto sleep and felt my nose running again so I got up and it was another nose bleed, this one lasted a bit longer then it stopped. I’m going to be completely honest cause I don’t want to rule this out.. I do often pick my nose (I was doing it to get the bloody scabs out there after my first nosebleed) so I’m sure that can cause a nosebleed. So after my second nosebleed it stopped for a whole day.. great it’s gone I thought but again on the night time it got another nose bleed (bare in mind the nosebleeds wasn’t that bad as they didn’t last very long.. maybe about 7-10 mins was the longest one) this was starting to really worry me.. like I started shaking but I was sweating.. I was really panicking! I managed to get some sleep (another thing the blood was only coming from my right nostril) so I woke up and I felt good besides a scabby nostril.. I was to scared to pick it or blow it as I didn’t want it to bleed again so I just left it.. it didn’t bleed all day which was great but I didn’t want to rule it out so I was careful.. I woke up a day after that and again no sign of nose bleed but I left it no picking or blowing my nose (although I really wanted to lol) so it gets to night time as I’m writing this cause I’m getting really worried now.. so through all this my nose has been feeling so dry and it like burns when I breath from the nose anyways so my left nostril was feelin scabby too so I picked it (with a tissue) and there was no blood just green lol then about a minute later I touch the inside of my left nostril and there was a spot of blood on my finger.. so I was like what? Why start bleeding from my left one? But it isn’t dripping with blood or anything like that it’s just abit of blood on the inside of my left nostril but it still scared me.. it’s now the weekend here so I can’t goto the doctors until Monday.. should I wait it out till then or maybe goto the hospital to get it checked out straight away?

I’m not sure if frequent nose bleeds are dangerous.. I’m not sure how to prevent them.. so I’m just here worrying so much, like I read on the internet and it’s not much information to go off to reassure me everything will be okay?

So please if someone can help me with advice l, reassuring and if they have been through something similar with their nose I would really appreciate it😞 and I apologise for this being so so long

I really appreciate you all taking the time to read through and reply ❤️

[Dolphin14]

Do you have allergies?

[Benn96 in reply to Dolphin14]

Not that I’m aware of

[Dolphin14 in reply to Benn96]

Sometimes the nose gets dry from the allergies and bleed

That's why I was curious

[Benn96 in reply to Dolphin14]

I may be allergic so something but no sure what it would be

[Dolphin14 in reply to Benn96]

My suggestion would be to go to your GP or an urgent care and have them take a look. That way you will know if anything is going on. If you have a nose bleed that won't stop you should go to the emergency room. Sounds like they've been pretty short?

Make a call on Monday and go in for a check.

[Benn96 in reply to Dolphin14]

Yeah this has never happened for this long before? the nosebleeds last for about 5 mins so they are short but been going on for about 3 days now, yes I’m make an appointment for Monday, even it stops I’ll still get a checkup but I think if it bleeds again without me doing anything I’ll goto the emergency room, Thankyou ☺️

[Dolphin14 in reply to Benn96]

Your welcome I'm sure you will be ok

But we always need the medical people to assure us or we get our head spinning.

Take some deep breaths.

[Benn96 in reply to Dolphin14]

Yeah reassurance is a great medicine

Thankyou so much ☺️

[Benn96 in reply to Dolphin14]

Quick update; I went to my GP today they took my bloods as precaution (see results on Friday) but as to my nose they had a check and noticed my nasal membranes was dried out and I picked the dry scab to cause the bleeding, they provided me with nasal spray & petroleum jelly.

[Dolphin14 in reply to Benn96]

That's what I was hoping it was

Something fixable

Thanks for the update

[Benn96 in reply to Dolphin14]

Yes! Thankyou so much ☺️

[Smartmam]

Dear you are loosing so much blood. Does not matter whatever we suggest, you need medical attention. Lack of blood will effect your health. See your GP or go to A&E. Health is very important. So please don't ignore it.

[Benn96 in reply to Smartmam]

It’s stopped for almost 2 days now but I’m going to see my GP tomorrow x

[Smartmam in reply to Benn96]

Oh please. Excellent idea seeing GP. I am please it is not bleeding and hopefully it will stay that way.

[Benn96 in reply to Smartmam]

Quick update; I went to my GP today they took my bloods as precaution (see results on Friday) but as to my nose they had a check and noticed my nasal membranes was dried out and I picked the dry scab to cause the bleeding, they provided me with nasal spray & petroleum jelly.