Why does my nose bleed in the morning?

Are you using any nasal steroids for your hayfever? Perhaps you should see a doctor.

Is the air in your bedroom very dry? If so, that can dry out the mucus membranes inside nostrils. You might want to try a humidifier (but not when it’s 100 degrees in the shade and damp.) Or do you run an AC? That would exacerbate things.

if you are running an air conditioner it can irritate nasal passages. Air conditioners dry the air. As Gail suggests a humiifier might help.

Also folks with severe allergies might need to have surface vessels inside the nasal passages cotterized if bleeding is profuse and daily. If this is the case seek an ears,nose and throat specialist.

they say you have lack of iron when that happens.

My bro still takes flinstone vitamins with iron just for this reason and he’s 19.

If it is persistent the way that you describe, you need to get it checked out at least to ease your mind.

From medicine net:

“What precautions can you take to prevent nose bleeding?

The most common cause of a nose bleeds is drying of the nasal membranes. If you are prone to recurrent nosebleeds, it is often helpful to try lubricating the nose with an ointment of some type. This can be applied gently with a Q-tip or your fingertip up inside the nose, especially on the middle portion (the septum). Many patients use A & D ointment, Mentholatum, Polysporin/Neosporin ointment, or Vaseline. Saline mist nasal spray is often helpful (Ocean Spray).

When should you call your doctor or report to the emergency room?

* If bleeding cannot be stopped or keeps occurring.”

Nasal cauterization sounds like a plan, but ouch. I have had blood vessels cauterized during a D and C, but oddly, in that area, there is little sensation.

I have the same problem. For some reason I wake up with a bloody finger too. Seriously, are you putting Vick’s in your nose? That will dry out your nasal membrane. Also, extensive use of nasal spray (such as Sinex or Afrin) can dry out the nose and lead to bleeding. I speak from experience.

Ditto to the drying out theory. The only precaution that I was warned of from both my allergist and kitty’s vet was to be sure to air out the room thoroughly after using a humidifier, or you will have another problem-mold.

I had to humidify the kitty and my vet just had me fill the room with steam from the shower (with the window closed) and shut her in there for ten minutes, then air it out.

Vicks and Mentholatum both have ingredients, that, while they work for some people, can exacerbate the situation if allergic or sensitive to them. Some nasal sprays, such as Afrin, can rebound if used too frequently and also make the situation worse and rebound.

“The doctor said I wouldn’t have so many nose bleeds if I kept my finger outta there.” Ralph Wiggum

I know someone whose nose bleed often. She finally went to the doctor when she was around 25 and they found crayons in her sinuses. When she was a little kid she would stick crayons up her nose and some of them stayed there. She had to have surgery to have them removed. Did you stick stuff up your nose as a child?

No, but my 4 year old great nephew had two trips to ER recently. The first was for a pea shoved up nose; several days later it was a purple crayon and the same Doctor on call. Doctor did expostulate; but I don’t think that the 4 year old listened carefully. His mother, however, really freaked out.

@gail. tee shirt NOT to get your nephew. (View close up to read)

Saline nose sprays, such as Ocean, can help keep the insides of the nose moist and does’nt lead to drying out, thus reducing bloody noses. If you need any other advice, just call my nurse and she’ll schedule an appointment.

AC: your school nurse makes appointments? I thought she worked on a drop in, as needed basis.

Cheers guys a lot of this stuff is useful. I’m finding it interesting you’re all saying its probably due to drying out. But surely with the fact I have to blow my nose in the morning due to a build up of mucus, indicates I must have a moist nose during the night? I also live in the English country-side, not exactly a desert out here. I dunno. But I’ll probably use the vaseline, since I have plenty of that.

also
@AstroChuck
I have a doctor.. although if the nurse you speak of is highly attractive, may I have her number anyway?

@ everyone who is liking the sticking-stuff-up-my-nose as-a-child theory
I wasn’t a stupid child. Although I did stick a lego coin up there once, it came out in my poop a few days later. YEAH thats right folks, I had to check (or at least my mum and dad did, good parents…)

ha ha, I ate a Lite-Brite once and bless my mom’s heart, she dissected my poops till she found it…

@cage: but do you have heat on at night? Unless it is steam heat, that could be drying your nose out. Even though you have a clogged or runny nose, it could be draining during the night, causing the irritation. When that happens to me, my throat is raw in the morning.

Either that, or you are subconsciously still trying to get that Lego out of there. ;}
I don’t think putting stuff up one;s nose is necessarily the sign of a stupid child. Quite the contrary, it shows curiosity and exploration, a good thing.

@Seesul That t-shirt was hilarious!

Okay. I am the nurse, too. But I must admit I do look cute in my candy stripers outfit.

@AC Shudder! Mental picture I don’t want to have! :)

Seesul; Adult XXL is the only size left in the t-shirt. Pity – I was going to send one to my great-nephew.

There’s something about being a mother (or dad) makes one do amazing things for their offspring. My son once threw his orthodontic appliance in the school garbage on hot lunch day and I went through every single bag until I found it, just so the the doc wouldn’t get upset with him. It was in the LAST can.

And once again, AC has come through and given us all a fetching picture of himself in one of his many roles. Oh if only I had the time to photoshop the image. On second thought, the mental picture leaves much more to the

@ gail: same dilemma that I had with that bug suit you picked out for me for the wedding. Guess we will both have to be disappointed.
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@Seesul: I had forgotten the bug suit, but I still laugh when I think about it. Maybe Milo would like mine (I have only the top half.) Or AC.

@cage; lest you think that we have forgotten you, a simple trick is to buy a little rubber syringe; fill it w. a solution of warm salt water (proportions are I C. warm water to 1 t. salt) and squirt gently up each nostril. Lean over sink or try in shower. “Gently” is the key word.

@gailcalled
hmmmm, interesting. Might give this a go for the laugh too.

@Seesul
We don’t keep the heat on in our house when we sleep – waste of energy as we’re not consciously feeling it. :)

@buster Your avie makes you look like you are dealing with a bloddy nose! Sorry, I just couldn’t resist! ha ha!

Too much scottie the night before, heyoooo!

cheap coke?

Dry air and allergy meds are the culprit. Try a humidifier in your bedroom at night, or at the very least a large bowl of water.