How can I Stop Nosebleeds?

Pack your nose with a cotton ball to help staunch bleeding. Wrap an ice pack or ice cubes in a wet hand towel or tea towel and apply to the back of your neck for at least 5 to 10 minutes while you sit down and slightly lean forward. Replace cotton balls when necessary, but keep the ice pack on the back of your neck and apply firm pressure to the ice pack. Bleeding should stop within 10 minutes.

Everyone with reoccurring nose bleeds should be checked for HHT (Osler weber Rendu). Please do not take them lightly as there can be more dangerous and even deadly problems associated with HHT if left untreated!

I live in South Florida and ever since I was a little girl I would get nosebleeds that would last for hours. I remember once getting them at all hours of the day, including in my sleep, a few times every week for a couple of months. The doctor said it was normal for my age and the area we lived in.

I'm now 20 but still get them every now and then when the weather is extremely hot and I'm not hydrated. I've tried almost all the remedies including pinching my nose for 10-20 min. and the only thing that works quickly is ice. I put an few ice cubes on both my wrists, and sometimes on the back of my neck for about five minutes, then poof! Nosebleed gone.

Not sure how much I'm buying this article, considering the fact that ice packs are the only thing that stop my nose bleeds. The pinching crap never works for me. I'll hold my head back and pinch it for maybe twenty minutes and just when I think it works, it starts back up again anywhere from 10 minutes to five or six hours later. Never fails. However, when I use ice, the nose bleed never comes back. Ice is the only thing, I repeat the only thing that has been very effective for me, so I'm taking these geekwise articles with a grain of salt from here on out.

I had my first nose bleed two weeks ago and it bled for two hours. I ended up in an acute medical facility and the PA was able to finally stop the bleeding by pouring one and 1/2 bottles of Afrin into my nose. Two days later I had another that I was able to stop much sooner.

I had been to an ENT doctor (Ear, Nose, Throat Specialist) earlier that day and he told me to pinch the front of my nostrils very hard for 10 minutes, see if it stopped and if not do it again for another 10 minutes. So I did as I had been instructed and it worked, the bleeding stopped. I also used Afrin nose spray after the bleeding subsided somewhat and that helped end the bleeding.

I had another bleed two days ago and stopped it with the 2 - 10 minute intervals of pinching my nostrils and the use of Afrin. Each time it happens, it freaks me out, but now I know I can stop the bleeding. Hope this helps.

You should all be checked for Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) by your physician. Nosebleeds are the number one symptom.

I've had nose bleeds for years and have had multiple cauterizations. These work great for a few years, but eventually the blood vessels in the nose find a way back to the surface and the nose bleeds return.

As a side note, I've found that drinking lots and lots of water in a dry climate is about as good of a solution as possible. If your lips are chapped then your nose is probably dry and damaged as well. Stay hydrated!

I live in South Florida and have been noticing that I am getting nosebleeds every day whenever I go outside in 90+ degree temperature. I usually work indoors with air conditioning and only go outside periodically. But after being outside for more than 10 or 15 minutes, my nose bleeds and is difficult to stop except with hard pinching. Can a nosebleed be weather-related? How can I control it so that it doesn't happen at the worst possible time...such as when I am working behind the wheel of a car?

My daughter is nine and has had a problem with nosebleeds since she was a toddler. They have become more frequent and most often are triggered when she is upset and crying. The nosebleeds have become heavier and harder to stop. These can be very scary! What should I do?

I have suffered nose bleeds for 30 years and know how to stop the bleed quickly - so much so, that no bleed lasts very long any more. First, blow your nose so that it is reasonably clear. That will temporarily increase blood loss. Then, the key part of the plan - keeping your head upright, with just a slight tilt forward (so that the blood does not go down your throat, but at the same time gravity is not causing more blood flow than necessary) breathe in through the nose and breathe out through the mouth and repeat this for 10 minutes. This has the effect of causing rapid clotting of the bleed without causing outward pressure on the bleed. If you doubt this works I ask you to do this as you read this message - breathe in through your nose and breathe out through your mouth, and you will get the picture. Good luck.

I get nose bleeds everyday almost and it just happens randomly. It has been going on since the last 5 months and I went to my doctor and he said that I was fine and now I am not sure what to do. I mean if I go back to the doctor I don't want to hear oh you're fine because it is not fine.

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My son had frequent nosebleeds for several months. Finally took him to an ENT and discovered he had a staph infection which caused his blood vessels to swell. Just started him on oral antibiotics and neosporin ointment. Should get it checked out.

I have received a nose bleed everyday for the past three days they don't last that long but are annoying. It is normally when I first wake up is there something I might could do to prevent them?

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