<p>Take a piece of tissue or toilet paper. Tear off a corner. Bunch it up into a cone. Wet the tip. Insert in nose. Leave it there for a while. If the part sticking out becomes red, repeat. If not, take it out and see if the bleeding has stopped. If not, put another one in.</p>
<p>The cause is probably dry air from the wintertime, but if you are taking any blood thinners (e.g., aspirin), that might be exacerbating the problem.</p>
<p>I’ll generally do what BCEagle does except there’s typically enough blood I don’t need to bother wetting the tip. 
It works great in conjunction with pinching the bridge of your nose.</p>
<p>The procedure that I use was used on me as a kid by my parents and I just do the exact same thing that they did.</p>
<p>It has always worked for me.</p>
<p>Never did the pinching thing.</p>
<p>Regarding the nasal spray, yes use saline. You can spray it in during the nosebleed to stop it, then use occasionally for maintaining moist passages. Some commercial sprays have preservatives. You may want to dump that stuff and replace with your own saline. I use the pinch method too.</p>
<p>My son has terrible nose bleeds. There is a saline spray that has aloe in it that is wonderful. It is more expensive, but I really feel it is worth it when they are going through repetitive episodes. I found it on Amazon, but then I was using free shipping to get it to his university and have continued to get it there. It may very well be available at your pharmacy or drug store.</p>
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<p>Having started getting frequent nose bleeds at about 45 I agree with previous posts …
- Saline spray helps prevent them
- Pinch nose up top … for A LOT longer than it seems to be needed
- Tilt head … I was told to tilt back but will try forward.</p>
<p>My nosebleeds are from the same blood vessel … I get 4 or 5 a winter. My doc said if they ever become a big problem the blood vessel can be coderized (sp?) … sounds pretty good if I ever start having them serially.</p>
<p>Cauterized.</p>
<p>I carry Afrin (a nasal spray) in my kit at work. I’ll pour some onto either a nose plug or a cotton-tipped applicator and stick into the nostril and move around a little bit. I don’t like actually sticking nose plugs into the nose and sending kids back into a game like that, but if they choose to I will allow them to do so…</p>
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thanks … I was so far off I couldn’t find the correct spelling</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. Can rule out hypertension as I have low blood pressure (usually around 108/72, though it used to be lower). So thats a non-issue.</p>
<p>The saline with aloe vera sounds great, blueiguana. Will definitely look into that!</p>
<p>"OP, sometimes a persistent nose bleed is a sign of seriously high blood pressure. This happened to a coworker and my mother within the last 6 months - both required hospitalization. Have you had your BP checked? "</p>
<p>That does not make sense to me. do you have a reference?</p>
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Yes, and one (females) should also have a mammogram, a pap and (all genders) a colonoscopy. Time to bite the bullet and do it, MiamiDAP.</p>
<p>Not on any prescribed meds nor ASA, so blood thinners is also a non-issue. I am now the proud owner of “NeilMed Naso Gel, Drip free spray” with a saline gel spraySodium Hyaluronate (no clue what that is) and Aloe Vera. Thanks for all the tips. It was almost nine buccks, but worth it. Of course now that my sinuses are moist, I have the sensation of wanting to blow my nose, and I dare not, for fear of another bleed. Ah, the conflict.</p>
<p>Thank you for this thread. My D just recently had her first nosebleed, in a hotel on vacation. The air was very dry with the heat on. She had another milder one about a week or so later. I started setting up a humidifier in her room, but wondered about how to easily do that when we are traveling again (weekend trips). Love the idea of the vaseline or nasal gel (will have to look up nasal gel lol).</p>
<p>They had the nasal gel in the store, but described it as being applied around the edges of the nostrils, but that it could also be put up the nose (I guess with ones finger, tissue, q-tip or whatever-- it didn’t specify). I opted for the gel spray. Less of an “eeewww” factor.</p>
<p>Try to put a humidifier in your office and home. It’ll be good for your hair too.</p>
<p>I lived at a place that it was so dry, blood vessels in my eyes would burst. When I came back to the US to have them checked out, the doctor prescribed some eye drops for me and that fixed it.</p>
<p>nnnoooo!! I pay lotsa money to straighten my curly/frizzy hair. A humidifier would be a hair nightmare!</p>
<p>I doubt it. The humidifier won’t make it humid, just less dry.</p>
<p>Our heating system used to have a humidifier attached to it, but it leaked and damaged the ceiling. So we took it out. We have humidifiers around here somewhere (the ones that you put the vics vaporub liquid stuff in the top to get the menthol smell).I am guessing they need new filters or the filters might otherwise be moldy.</p>