How to stop a bloody nose...share your strategies!

[[Gavo]]

As someone who has bloody noses quite often, I want to ask: Do you, denizens of The Escapist, have any strategies for stopping a bloody nose?

Mine is get a q-tip, put Vaseline on it, then clog up the nose with that.

What about you?

 

[xChevelle24]

stuff a tissue up ur nose!

or lean backwards

or let it bleed

 

[CuddlyCombine]

lol like a boxer? I havent had a bloody nose in so long i cant remember what i used to do. I think just tilting my head back for a bit usually did it?

That's a really bad idea. You run the risk of choking on your blood. Plus, your stomach doesn't really like it.

The ideal thing to do is pinch just below the bridge of the nose, gently. Unless, of course, you just got mashed in the face by some guy's fist, which means you'll need a better technique. I've avoided doing the latter so far, so I just pinch.

 

[sneakypenguin]

Tissue+stuff it in nose+lean back. And your done.

 

[Delicious]

lol like a boxer? I havent had a bloody nose in so long i cant remember what i used to do. I think just tilting my head back for a bit usually did it?

That's a really bad idea. You run the risk of choking on your blood. Plus, your stomach doesn't really like it.

The ideal thing to do is pinch just below the bridge of the nose, gently. Unless, of course, you just got mashed in the face by some guy's fist, which means you'll need a better technique. I've avoided doing the latter so far, so I just pinch.

Choking on your blood?

It's a nose bleed, not a bullet wound.

 

[bodyklok]

Simple, cover everything in blood so no one will notice.

 

[CuddlyCombine]

Choking on your blood?

It's a nose bleed, not a bullet wound.

You'd be surprised how vicious some nosebleeds can be. My friend had really low iron for a while, and he'd start gushing for no reason. I use gushing literally.

You can swallow quite a bit of blood before you get sick.

True, but I find it best to eliminate all variables that could lead to sickness. OCD or something.

 

[omicronpercei]

Get small tampons and cram one of them up there, because let's be honest here...your nose is just a mini vagina (without all the hassles of douching and such)

 

[somekindawizard]

hold the bridge of the nose to slow down blood supply. My dad got his veins burnt shut due to his frequent nose bleeds.

 

[SharPhoe]

lol like a boxer? I havent had a bloody nose in so long i cant remember what i used to do.

Consider yourself lucky. I used to wake up with a bloody nose every morning because of how dry the air was in our basement. It really sucked.

 

[TeaBaggin]

wear a red shirt and let it bleed

 

[xitel]

I usually just hold a tissue in front of them and force my heart to slow down so it'll clot faster. However that sometimes means that the clot will stick to the tissue when I pull it away, leading to the whole thing sliding out and starting all over again. And that is a terrible feeling, like pulling a huge extra slimy slug out through your nostril. You can feel it all the way in the back of your throat even, just sliding out.

 

[rasputin310]

The best way to counteract a nose bleed is to not bleed out of your nose

 

[The Iron Ninja]

The ideal thing to do is pinch just below the bridge of the nose, gently. Unless, of course, you just got mashed in the face by some guy's fist, which means you'll need a better technique. I've avoided doing the latter so far, so I just pinch.

This is the doctor recommended way in which to stop bloody noses.

lol like a boxer? I havent had a bloody nose in so long i cant remember what i used to do.

Consider yourself lucky. I used to wake up with a bloody nose every morning because of how dry the air was in our basement. It really sucked.

Wait, why were you in the basement?

Obviously he's a superhero of some kind and the basement holds the entrance to his secret (animal of choice)-cave.

 

[Glerken]

I usually just hold a tissue in front of them and force my heart to slow down so it'll clot faster. However that sometimes means that the clot will stick to the tissue when I pull it away, leading to the whole thing sliding out and starting all over again. And that is a terrible feeling, like pulling a huge extra slimy slug out through your nostril. You can feel it all the way in the back of your throat even, just sliding out.

Oh, well thanks for sharing that last bit with us Xitel...

 

[SharPhoe]

lol like a boxer? I havent had a bloody nose in so long i cant remember what i used to do.

Consider yourself lucky. I used to wake up with a bloody nose every morning because of how dry the air was in our basement. It really sucked.

Wait, why were you in the basement?

It was my "room", so to speak. It was were my bed and games were, anyway. I've actually never had what would qualify as an actual bedroom.