She took two aspirins earlier today because of some chest pain and although it was effective, the dry weather has caused her to have a nosebleed. Thing is, now it won’t stop.
I did a Google search just now but all I find are sites that say blood thinners may worsen nosebleeds. Sure, but is there a remedy?
Go to a doctor. Now.
Seconded.
-FrL-
Thanks guys, but it finally stopped, like five minutes ago, and I’ve got her pushing down on her nostril just to make sure.
I was getting worried as I knew trying to get her to a 24-hour clinic at 12:30 a.m. would not have been easy!
It may have stopped for now. But she should still see a doctor first thing in the morning.
Or at the very least call the “Advice Nurse” if your plan clinic has one.
Vision - you are in Canada, right? In the future your mom should go to an emergency room if something like this happens - never mind a clinic.
Persistent nosebleed following chest pains? I’m no doctor, but yeah, you go to the hospital.
Forget the nose bleed, worry about the liver failure. There is a reason you should not take more than the recommended dosage. Taking to much asprin is NOT a good idea.
No, liver failure is from Tylenol (acetaminophen), not aspirin.
Right, the danger from too much aspirin is that there might be OTHER places where she’s bleeding and it won’t stop. Aspirin’s anticoagulant effects are systemic - all over, not limited to the heart and nose. Even if the nose is fine today, she should still go in, IMHO.
Even a single ‘baby’ aspirin a day (81 mg) gives some folks trouble with nosebleeds. “Are you on aspirin?” is one of the first questions I ask when someone sees me for complaints of epistaxis.
General recipe for stopping a problem nosebleed: Blow all the clots out!!! It’s counter-intuitive, but while clots reside in the nose, they chew up the coagulation factors and promote bleeding from the leaky blood vessel site in the nasal mucosa. I’ve pulled clots out up to 15 inches long from folks who couldn’t stop their nosebleeds. The problem is that the blood pools & clots near the bleeding site, not on it.
Once the clot is out, firm pressure with a hand, or cool washcloth for 15 + minutes is good. And don’t check to see if it has stopped every 2 minutes, dammit!
For nosebleeds which persist despite such measures, or which fill the mouth and/or throat with blood, or cause breathing/swallowing difficulties due to blood volume, get thee to a medical facility!
If your nosebleeds are complicated by certain medical conditions, medications, or significant trauma, follow your doctor’s recommendation as to how to stop them, and don’t look for answers on a message board.
QtM MD I have been telling people this for years, and they never believe me. I get some nasty nosebleeds, and people are amazed when I blow out clots that look like good sized pieces of raw liver. Thank you for for backing me up!
I used to get chronic nosebleeds and at some points the tissue would attach to a thick long string of blood-covered mucus-textured stuff? I don’t think it was a clot, or could it have been? I’m grossing myself out thinking about it.
Sounds a lot like a clot. Maroon/mahogany/liver colored?
A deep dark red, yes. I assumed it was mucus covered in blood but I guess I was wrong. :eek: I almost had to get my nose cauterized but thankfully they cleared up. I’m pretty sure it was stress-related/psychosomatic? Possible?
If only there was a “show me your clot” website, similar in nature to the “pop your zit” types out there. 
I’d have some real winners. 
-Butler
Sufferer of nosebleeds since mid 1970.
Wow, counterintuitive is the right word - thanks for this. I used to suffer from chronic nosebleeds (better now though, following chemical cauterisation with silver nitrate), but used to produce some huge scary gelatinous clots that couldn’t do anything but come out; I used to worry about this.
Me too! Thanks much!
Being sensitive to both aspirin and ibuprofen and having a deviated septum besides, I ended up getting one nostril cauterized a few months ago. It has helped tremendously. I just make sure to squirt a saline moisturizer up the nose every day.