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[The Matt]

I had to have chemical cauterisation when I was a kid. I got punched in the nose and had a damaged mucous membrane I think.

I had a month where I was getting nosebleeds all the time. Two, three, even four times a day. I ended up in Kidderminster hospital with it and they referred me to a specialist. All I can advise is to push and push for a referralat her doctors. It needs sorting out ASAP. Losing that much blood repeatedly is obviously not good.

[Carvell]

I stopped eating dairy and my nose bleeds stopped :)

[sledgehammer]

I had to have chemical cauterisation when I was a kid. I got punched in the nose and had a damaged mucous membrane I think.

I had a month where I was getting nosebleeds all the time. Two, three, even four times a day. I ended up in Kidderminster hospital with it and they referred me to a specialist. All I can advise is to push and push for a referralat her doctors. It needs sorting out ASAP. Losing that much blood repeatedly is obviously not good.

hi Matt

thanks for your concern - its been done now - just fingers crossed it's stopped it

thanks everyone for the reply's

no new nose bleeds so far

[AVV IT]

I've suffered from recurrent nose bleeds, or "epistaxis" as we call them in the medical game, for the last 35 years. I also get to deal with them in a proffesional capacity on a regular basis, so I'm fairly familiar with them.

Basically unless you're taking anticoagulants (blood thinning medication such as Warfarin etc), then you're really not at any significant risk from them, but they can be a major inconvenience. Years ago cauterisation was common place, but because so many cases will resolve themselves without cauterisation, these days it really is a last resort. When you go to A&E then they will generally just pack your nose to stop the bleeding and then refer you on to your GP, who'll arrange a referral to the ENT outpatients department (Ear, Nose & Throat) at your local hospital, if they continue to be a problem. In extreme cases where A&E cannot stop the bleeding, an ENT doctor may be called to the A&E department to perform an emergency cauterisation, but those cases are really quite rare, and usually involve patients who take blood thinning medications and whose blood won't clot naturally to stop the bleeding.

From what I can make out A&E seem to have done the right thing here, but it does sound as if a better explanation of what was going to happen, and what to expect, could have been given.

[Steely]

So if I happen to be bleeding all over your mini at a show, just remember I couldn't help it lol. Joking! ;)

[sledgehammer]

From what I can make out A&E seem to have done the right thing here,

but it does sound as if a better explanation of what was going to happen, and what to expect, could have been given.

I agree - but if you go to A&E at the wrong time - there rushed of their feet 

 

I don't expect they had time for a nose bleed

 

to put it in perspective ...

 

just had a bad crash up the road from me tonight , 4 young men trapped in a small car that hit a van & something else

 

they had been cutting them out for a while so A & E will be busy tonight

 

I certainly don't envy their job , they should be paid more than MP's

[sledgehammer]

Update

 

she has had it cauterised again - first time didn't work

 

leaking in three places apparently - fingers crossed

[classicminidriver]

Haven't read all of this thread but my wife had a nose bleed for a while and she jammed a bit of cotton wool up very hard and it stopped the bleeding  

[AVV IT]

Haven't read all of this thread but my wife had a nose bleed for a while and she jammed a bit of cotton wool up very hard and it stopped the bleeding

Yes that would work and is basically the treatment used in A&E where the nose is packed with nasal tampons to help he clotting process. It's really not advisable for use as a first aid method though, mainly because of the risk of the cotton becoming wedged up inside the nose and then requiring very invasive methods to remove it and that cause further damage and bleeding. The best advice is to place firm pressure by pinching the soft fleshy part of the nose just below the bridge of the nose, for a minimum of five minutes. Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics all use this technique as the first line of treatment for nosebleeds.

[classicminidriver]

It's really not advisable for use as a first aid method though, mainly because of the risk of the cotton becoming wedged up inside the nose

 

She also used toilet paper which she folded into a tube and pushed it up hard so that would get wedged up inside the nose!