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Vaseline may or may not work. Some Drs. have advised this but my ENT
advised Neosporin instead. One Dr. even advised olive oil. Another advised
a saline gel which only stung the insides of my nose severely and didn't
help one whit!
My problem and Angela's plus some other people we know is close to the
surface veins. When the air is dry or when our allergies are acting up, the
veins can crack and the bleeding will begin. And for some reason this
happens for my daughter and I quite frequently at night while we are
sleeping. Sometimes we awake to find that it had bled while we were
sleeping then when we get up, the retained blood comes gushing out.
Currently I think my problem is allergies. I am having trouble with the
right nostril and have had two little bleeds today. Had a whopper of one
the other day. I tend to get them so bad sometimes that it requires the use
of one or more tampons. The one the other day required one but I've had
them that were worse still and required up to 4 tampons. Not all at once of
course! One will get saturated quickly and I'll have to insert another.
I've heard that there are such things as nasal tampons but I've not seen
them for sale.
Both Angela and I have had to have our nose cauterized to stop the bleeding.
I have not had it done since I was a child. I remember having it done
twice. I can't remember how many times she had it done. Each time she
returned for a follow-up visit she had to have it done again.