Blood from nose

[Jcsgt]

Don't know if this is your situation, but my nose has a tendency to dry out and bleed. A couple sniffs of saline spray before diving does the trick for me.

 

[Iruka]

Why

He was joking. With a black mask, nobody can SEE that you have blood in your mask.
A maskfull of...ugh, all sorts of stuff that trickles out of peoples' heads when they can't equalize properly is NOT a pretty sight!

 

[jonix]

I have been noticing recently that upon surfacing I have blood in my mask from my nose. I ascend very conservatively, no more than 1 foot/second. There is no pain, it just feels like I have popped a couple of small blood vessels, What could it be?

RTH

imho checking with DAN is in order

 

[fairybasslet]

Happens to me a lot especially on deeper dives. Fixed it by changing to a black mask - got tired of hearing about it.

:lol: Mine bleeds too. An instructor told me it's because I have small eustachian tubes. I do take sudafed and I sometimes have trouble equalizing. But now, it seems that even if I don't have any trouble equalizing, my nose still bleeds a little. And after traveling to and from Thailand, it was the worst. I kept getting nose bleeds for the first day after landing in Phuket without any diving from the dry air on the plane. I think I'm gonna get me some of that saline solution.

 

[mnfsh]

I also had problems with bleeding and figured it was allergy/sinus related. 2 years ago had my sinuses augered out and the bleeding went away.

Now I'm not suggesting that you get knocked semi-unconcious, have a Doctor hovering over you shoving a drill bit up your nose...

But it worked for me.

 

[Jason Ooi]

Haaaaaaa

With a black mask, nobody can SEE that you have blood in your mask.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[dive_lover88]

what if i bust a few blood vessels while blowing my nose(no link to diving,just got hit by a bad flu virus 2 weeks ago) will that have any effect on my diving? i've a confirmed trip this coming fri.

 

[RobbieTheHun]

Many thanks for your advise, I think I will give DAN a call, just to be on the safe side.

RTH

 

[Jcsgt]

I also had problems with bleeding and figured it was allergy/sinus related. 2 years ago had my sinuses augered out and the bleeding went away.

Now I'm not suggesting that you get knocked semi-unconcious, have a Doctor hovering over you shoving a drill bit up your nose...

But it worked for me.

My hat goes off to you--they had to knock me completely out!

 

[blancosito]

my nose bleeds on dives too, i had it explained to me as some people just bleed from their nose. Being a nurse i would guess that some people have blood vessels closer to the surface then others. black mask is a good idea! but if your really worried about it and having severe pain or trouble equalizing id get it checked out