Randomly just had a nosebleed? Can't recall ever having one before?

[Anonymous]

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Ok so I have anxiety, ESPECIALLY about health. So I pretty much just had a panic attack because of a nosebleed, mainly because I felt like it was never going to stop bleeding and I was going to bleed out eventually. I know, it sounds stupid, but I hate anything that happens like this. I'm paranoid about my health.

But anyways, I clogged it with toilet paper and let it stay that way for like 10-15 mins. It was really hard not to check, because I wasn't sure if it would work. I still have a taste in the back of my throat. I guess it's stopped bleeding for the most part, I keep shoving a piece of toilet paper in there every like 5 mins to make sure it isn't bleeding again. It still comes out with blood, but only small spots. It isn't soaked in it like it was 30 mins ago.

Anyways, is this normal or should I talk to a doctor? I do have really bad allergies for the past while, I can barely ever breathe through my nose. My doctor has checked it before and said it was definitely clogged, but didn't say anything else about it. And I do blow my nose quite a bit. But it feels better afterwards. I usually do have a little blood in the tissue, but I've never had a nosebleed. I don't think it's any medications either, I've been on all of them for a good while, and this has never happened.

I know it's pretty common, but I've never had one and I'm paranoid. So anything out of the normal freaks me out.

[Vtachy]

Epistaxis is completely normal. If you are living in an area that is cold this time of year, people on occasion will get nose bleeds just from the air being dry and the nasal mucosa getting too dry because of it. If you have any more, they should stop on their own. Just look out for any clots greater than the size of a quarter that might come out or uncontrolled bleeding (especially if you are on blood thinners like warfarin or even if you are taking aspirin), if that happens, then you should consider visiting a doctor. You shouldn't have problems. Try not to worry, I know it's hard some times.

[Asker]

Thanks lol, and yeah it definitely is cold where I am. It's 19F currently, and I do take a lot of aspirin such as Excedrin. I didn't think that it was technically a blood thinner tho, that's weird. But yeah it stopped after about 15mins, which is what it said whenever I looked it up. I'm just worried it'll happen every time I blow my nose now, I guess I'll just take it easy until it gets warmer

[Vtachy]

Aspirin works as an antiplatelet. It helps to prevent blood clot formation. If you are taking it often enough it could make you more prone to bleeding longer and bruising more easily. And a nose bleed shouldn't happen each time you blow your nose, but it might happen once and a while.

[Asker]

Yeah, I usually only have very small amounts, but I mean red is pretty easy to spot in a white used tissue. It's usually only the amount of a drop probably. And today it seems to be better, I haven't even noticed any blood. I just usually blow my nose really hard and I saw that could also do it, but I just like getting everything I can out, which might actually be bad. It just feels runny still whenever I do it slow, even tho there's nothing else that'll come out.

[L_aauurraa]

Lol, simmer... I used to get nosebleeds all the time. It happens if the air is dry. Like one time in 4th grade I got 3 nosebleeds in one day. The trick is to pinch the bridge of your nose and just wait for it to stop. Don't hold your head back or else the blood will get in your throat. It's not anything to worry about. But I get it.. I get really bad anxiety about throwing up

[detlef]

Probably nothing. I had a random nosebleed once, but didn't bleed as much as you did. Of course you must make your own decisions regarding your medical care, and speak with a doctor if you have any concerns whatsoever, but if that happened to me, my sense would be that if the bleeding is over it's not likely to be urgent. You can always call your doctor on Monday.

Consider seeing a physician on an urgent basis if it happened again in the near future. :)