Nose bleeds when I dump

[Reynolds]

Seriously....

Like once a year or so, if I'm extremely constipated, and try real hard to push a shit out.... My nose starts bleeding. Is that normal?

:edit: I just read one of your previous answers, and I guess I should "see someone"

[Dr Steve]

Seriously....

Like once a year or so, if I'm extremely constipated, and try real hard to push a shit out.... My nose starts bleeding. Is that normal?

:edit: I just read one of your previous answers, and I guess I should "see someone"


Ha, Reynolds, you got me pegged pretty good. See, here on the boards, I'm not your doctor, i'm just your old pal who happens to have a medical degree. so just about every answer I give is going to end with "you should probably see someone". So you may ask, what's the use in even writing here? Well, forewarned is forearmed (or so someone said once), and knowing what you may be up against before you go to the health care provider helps to decrease anxiety and, once the problem is demystified, will hopefully lead to people using their health care providers in a more effective way. One of the things I can help with is translating doctorese into plain english, but also helping people to communicate with their health care professionals in an effective way...so that they get the care that they need.

Having said all that, it sounds like you have two problems: constipation, and nosebleeds...they just happen to happen at the same time.

When you strain while straddling the bowl, you're increasing the pressure in your abdomen exponentially. In addition, the blood pressure to your head increases significantly, too (you can feel this, I bet). You have a fragile blood vessel in your nose that can't handle the increase in pressure and bleeds when you strain.

First, I'd avoid straining if you can...the increase in bowel pressures can cause little pockets called diverticuli to form in your colon, and heck, it can make your nose bleed. Increasing the fiber in your diet (here comes that Citrucel plug again) will help a lot, and if you're extremely constipated once a year, using a glycerine suppository about 30 minutes before you dump that load of concrete may help keep you from having to strain so much.

Things that can make constipation worse include: medications (narcotics, some blood pressure medicines, some cholesterol medicines (questran)), not enough fluid intake, poor fiber intake, inactivity, etc.

Hope this helps. And yeah, next time you're at the doctor's office, tell them about this so they can look up your nose and make sure we're not missing anything!

your pal,


steve

[patsopinion]

hes pushing so hard hes popping a blood vessel
eat more fruit and vegetables, esp green vegetables

and maybe drink some more coffee with cream in it
coffee always kicks starts things for me, and milk helps most people shit lots

[SinA]

doing coke on the bowl? nice.

[RhinoinMN]

miralax and lay off of the opiates.

[smiler grogan]

Lupus

[beachbum]

This is better than getting an ass bleed while blowing your nose.

[CHUCKWAGONCOOK]

This is better than getting an ass bleed while blowing your nose.
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