# Significance of a bloody pillow **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 28, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-a-bloody-pillow/198269 "2003-08-28T20:37:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-a-bloody-pillow/198269/1 "2003-08-28T20:37:08Z")
A friend says she has been waking up to find blood on her pillow. Her theory is that she’s coughing up blood in her sleep… It’s not much, just a little puddle of it near the mouth. What’s the significance of this? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-a-bloody-pillow/198269/2 "2003-08-28T21:27:58Z")
She has most likely had a bloody nose in her sleep. Happens to me sometimes if I have the air conditioner in “absolute zero mode.” ---
**Author:** ![Svt4Him](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@Svt4Him](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svt4Him)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-a-bloody-pillow/198269/3 "2003-08-28T21:48:52Z")
Go see a doctor. ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-a-bloody-pillow/198269/4 "2003-08-28T23:04:06Z")
Does she have scabs or bad acne or anything like that on her skin? Cause they might rub off during sleep, allowing bleeding. Or it could be a bloody nose - if that is the case, I reccomend a humidfier. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-a-bloody-pillow/198269/5 "2003-08-29T06:05:33Z")
I’d agree with bloody nose in the sleep. I’ve had that happen a few times, usually after I’ve spent a long time around people smoking. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-a-bloody-pillow/198269/6 "2003-08-29T06:52:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cheddarsnax \* > \*\*A friend says she has been waking up to find blood on her pillow. Her theory is that she’s coughing up blood in her sleep… It’s not much, just a little puddle of it near the mouth. What’s the significance of this? \*\* Are her gums bleeding? I say see a doc, too. ---
**Author:** ![j.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@j.c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j.c)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-a-bloody-pillow/198269/7 "2003-08-29T09:54:11Z")
Oh, I used to have this sometimes. But after I stopped creeping out at night to feast on the blood of the living, it never happened again! I’d think nosebleed, but it seems like she’d be able to see dried blood on her face. On the other hand, if she’s caughing up a enough blood to leave a stain on the pillow, she should wake up tasting a handful of pennies. ---
**Author:** ![GUINNESS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@GUINNESS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GUINNESS)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-a-bloody-pillow/198269/8 "2003-08-29T11:29:41Z")
…aliens impanting tracking chips…simple stuff really… ---
**Author:** ![Jonmarzie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jonmarzie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonmarzie)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-a-bloody-pillow/198269/9 "2003-08-29T21:00:00Z")
Actually, I had a bloody nose last night (seriously), and it didn’t really leave a puddle. It was kind of scraped around. I do have weird dreams… See a doc. ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-a-bloody-pillow/198269/10 "2003-08-29T21:02:50Z")
Well, with me I was chewing my tongue while I was sleeping. But I was pretty aware of that because my tongue was bleeding and my jaw was sore. So maybe not. My guess is bloody nose from dry air/body chemisty issue. If it keeps happening, getting it checked out would probably be a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-a-bloody-pillow/198269/11 "2003-08-29T23:10:15Z")
The earwigs have hatched. She’s done for. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-a-bloody-pillow/198269/12 "2003-08-30T01:08:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by peri \* > \*\*The earwigs have hatched. She’s done for. \*\* LMFAO!!! Or that creature they used in Wrath of Khan (Star trek whatever number movie… I’m no trekkie, shut up). ---
**Author:** ![Muldoon\_s\_Squishiness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Muldoon\_s\_Squishiness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muldoon_s_Squishiness)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-a-bloody-pillow/198269/13 "2003-08-30T01:35:06Z")
Before she goes sprinting off to spend $150 on a visit to the doc, I think she should wait a few days and see if this is a recurring phenomena and if so, she should carefully document all that she can and then and only then run scr4eaming off to the doctor, running red lights, driving on the sidewalk etc. You know, just like they drive in NYC.😛