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me and my brother have recently got into spear fishing. after about an hour of being in teh water both of us have been getting what it appears to be blood in our nose if we blow it. we are both have swam our entire lives and spent a lot of our summers as kids on the beaces in rhode island. i spent a lot of that time snorkeling but never took up spearfishing before. i didnt know if this was something to worry about or there was someting i could do to prevent it. thank you for any advice you can provide
 
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me and my brother have recently got into spear fishing. after about an hour of being in teh water both of us have been getting what it appears to be blood in our nose if we blow it. we are both have swam our entire lives and spent a lot of our summers as kids on the beaces in rhode island. i spent a lot of that time snorkeling but never took up spearfishing before. i didnt know if this was something to worry about or there was someting i could do to prevent it. thank you for any advice you can provide

Sinus pressure most likely. I get them once in a while.
 
Overly vigorous equalization can cause nosebleeds, as can sinus barotrauma. Are you having any facial pain associated with this?
 
I had this too, going down 7m with scuba, for 45 minutes. Come back up to find i have a nose bleed, but it wasn't just like a normal nose bleed it was mainly just snot and blood. Dive master just said i popped a blood vessel while equalizing, and it used to happen to him all the time.
 
thank you so much for the answer. that is exactly the same thing that is happening to me. was there anything the dive master said to prevent that or will it just go away with more dives.
 
thank you so much for the answer. that is exactly the same thing that is happening to me. was there anything the dive master said to prevent that or will it just go away with more dives.
Experience can help. Better technique can make it more beneficial. See 45 minute video on Equalizing below...
 
Too much .... I have been having the same issue ... my sinus cavity bled for a week, I would have to plug my nostrils at night as I would get covered in blood in my sleep. When I blow my nose big blood clots come out. Also have had a migraine for couple days too, it felt like a sinus infection. Would this be from diving or just a sinus infection?
Began 3 days after a 6 dive weekend to max 90' average 50'
 
Too much .... I have been having the same issue ... my sinus cavity bled for a week, I would have to plug my nostrils at night as I would get covered in blood in my sleep. When I blow my nose big blood clots come out. Also have had a migraine for couple days too, it felt like a sinus infection. Would this be from diving or just a sinus infection?
Began 3 days after a 6 dive weekend to max 90' average 50'
Did you see a physician about this? Could be poor equalizing common to new divers and/or sinus infection related; probly impossible to diagnose here. My regular dive bud used to get a lot of bloody snot in his mask early in his diving days and still has to really work at equalizing but the video linked below helped him a lot. For him, "early & often" starts a few days before a dive weekend and certainly include morning predive clearing and stopping at 15 feet on descent to ensure he is clearing well.

Losing blood is not a natural and healthy state, and plugging your breathing passages to keep the sheets clean sounds extreme - possibly dangerous.

BTW, I've always had good luck stopping nose bleeds in others by applying cold to the back of the neck. Don't know why this works, but heard it somewhere years ago and always has.
 
Once you injure the lining of the nose or sinuses, it takes less trauma the next time to get it to bleed again. If you bleed into your sinuses (which can be the result of poor equalizing, or congestion) that blood is a perfect culture medium for bacteria, which can lead to a sinus infection.

Some people seem to have more delicate blood vessels than others, and bleed readily, but I think most of the time, nosebleeds are due to people waiting too long to equalize, and having to do so forcefully. If you wait until you are uncomfortable to clear your ears, you are waiting too long.
 
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