I am 21 and this morning my nose started bleeding. I bled for over 20 minutes, heavily, and the blood was bright red. About 15 mins into the nosebleed, i felt like something was stuck at the back of my nose/throat. When I lifted my head, I felt something in my mouth so I spit it out and it was a bright red blod clot. What's wrong with me?
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Hello Anonymous,
No, this is not normal. Please contact your pediatrician about this today.
Regards,
February 20, 2017 - 9:17amMaryann
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i get nose bleeds often. i have one as i type and the clots feel like slugs coming out of my nose. is that bad????
March 14, 2017 - 10:06pmThis Comment
Hi,
February 17, 2017 - 11:52pmJust now I had a nosebleed for around 20 minutes. It started in the middle of the night and just woke me up. It was really heavy with bright red blood until I felt something stuck to the tissue from which I then pulled it away revealing a long thick clot of blood leaving a rather large puddle in the tissue bigger than the size of about 6 50ps stacked. Immediately after this, the nose blood stopped any ideas to why I had such a clotting? Anything I need to be concerned about?
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Hello Anonymous,
Clotting is a good thing. If you have a repeat of this , please consider speaking with your primary care physician.
If the humidity in your house is low due to heating, this can be drying out your nasal [passages and causing a nosebleed. Use of a humidifier can help.
If you suffer with high blood pressure, then frequent or prolonged nosebleeds are a worry.
Regards,
February 20, 2017 - 9:16amMaryann
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I'm not sure if this is normal... I'm under the age of 16 and had my first concussion at the age of 9 but no symptoms of nose injury, in December of '15 I had a severe concussion from a 15 pound medicine ball to the lower right side of the back of my head thrown full force, I wasn't unconscious but very dizzy and ill feeling with light sensitivity and extreme headaches.
January 26, 2017 - 12:24pmBut no nosebleed immediately, it was about a week or so after when I would get a nosebleed for about 15-30 minutes with about one occurring every two weeks. I was checked with an MRI and they found I had thick lining in my nose of some sort and over the year they have became more aggressive. I'm a cheerleader, flyer that is and being dropped is a daily. In December of '16 I was dropped again and this time from about 10 feet and falling directly on the same spot as before and blacked out with a nosebleed right after. Being its January of '17 it's been a month and I've woken up in the middle of the night spewing blood from my nose, eating breakfast I looked down and my bagel was soaked in blood and have walked up stairs and it started bleeding, and all of those were between 20-45 minutes with no clotting ....the past two times it's been awful.on the 15 I ran into the nurse the first time and it bled for an hour and a half with minimal clotting and was taken to my primary doctor after but she had no answer but an ent appointment was made. My last was the 25 and this lasted for two hours and 20 minutes with extreme blood pouring and clotting. I used three regular sized woman's tampons and an entire box of Kleenex tissues and it still bled. I pinched my nose and used ice pack. Towards the end it began to clot and the one was the size of a spaghetti can top and about half an inch thick of pure blood. It was running down the back of my throat during and I guess began clotting back there. I went to cough the blood and spit as I normally had been but this time that's when I choked on the blood clot and was rushed to er. No one exactly knows what's going on besides referrals to an ent. Does anyone have any idea of what's going on?
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Should I go back to the er if I can still feel blood going down my throat even though I'm sitting straight like they told me to do? I got packing in my nose because it wouldn't stop bleeding and it continues to drip, should I go back?
January 18, 2017 - 10:15amThis Comment
Hello Anonymous,
When was the packing put in?
Yes, return to the ER if you still feel blood going down the back of your throat.
Regards,
January 18, 2017 - 10:20amMaryann
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It was put in this morning, but when I was laying on my back is called and told them I tasted blood going down throat so I was told to sit straight and I am but I still feel it and the dripping won't stop either.
January 18, 2017 - 10:24amThis Comment
Hi Anonymous,
Call the ER staff back. Report that you are still feeling blood going down the back of your throat in spite of sitting up. Ask if you should return now, or if you should wait another hour or so.
Regards,
January 18, 2017 - 10:55amMaryann
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Thank you for your help I will do that
January 18, 2017 - 11:02amThis Comment