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Is this a normal amount of blood from nose? Over a week now
Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) | Last Active: 8 hours ago | Replies (8)Comment receiving replies
Yes, I do get burning in my nostrils. I'm wondering if this is also allergy related? Air being too dry can cause your nose to bleed. This doesn't look like just blood though. From what I see it looks like infection with it. I could be so wrong. We are all different.
Palpate your forhead, is it tender?
Are the maxillary sinus on your cheeks tender?
Do your teeth hurt?
Pressure in your face at all?
Sneezing a lot?
Is your nose really stuffy?
Do you feel pressure in your face when you lean over?
Have you tried running a humidifer again?
Do you feel bad?
Have you ever had sinus issues in the past?
Our winter has been terribly dry and I run a cool mist humidifer every night.
Only a primary physican or ENT can diagnose a sinus infection by looking up in your nose and seeing if you are swollen and inflamed.
I wish you the very best with this and praying for you.
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Thanks for your help. When you say it looks like infection with it is it due to the yellow mucus? From my understanding dark brown bits might be dried blood? Humidifier is off sometimes and I'll to try to run it more regularly. No to all those symptoms questions, except not sure about the sinus one, probably have, based on a full-body MRI last year which reported the below for the sinus area. If it continues to this extent for more than a few weeks or after the dry winter is up I'll plan to make a trip to the doc.
Full-body MRI early last year had findings for the sinuses and mastoids (although I recall also having temporary heavy nasal congestion at the time so not sure if I'd get the same results now): "(1) We detected multiple lesions which are consistent with mucous retention cysts. The cysts are located in the right maxillary sinus. Most commonly these are of no concern, unless they become large at which point they cause discomfort. This is a benign finding. If you are asymptomatic, then this finding can be reassessed on your next Prenuvo scan. (2) There is mucosal thickening of the ethmoid air cells and right maxillary sinus. No follow up is needed unless you have symptoms related to this finding." Also relevant: "The remaining paranasal sinuses are clear. The mastoids are clear." "Nasal pharynx: No adverse findings. No worrisome mass is identified."