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Why is tipping your head back a bad idea when your nose is bleeding? “The only two places that blood can go when you have a nosebleed are from the front of the nose or down the back of the nose ...
Others also experience a condition called nonallergic rhinitis, a condition that causes allergy-like symptoms — stuffy, runny nose, for instance — that aren't related to allergies.
Two children boxing, the one on the right having a nosebleed due to a punch to the face, in Vecsés, Hungary in November 2006. Nosebleeds can occur due to a variety of reasons. Some of the most common causes include trauma from nose picking, blunt trauma (such as a motor vehicle accident), or insertion of a foreign object (more likely in ...
It’s a common complaint this winter: After coming down with a respiratory illness, some people feel like they can’t shake a lingering cough or runny nose despite other symptoms going away.
One of the most common medical conditions involving the nose is a nosebleed (epistaxis). Most nosebleeds occur in Kiesselbach's plexus, a vascular plexus in the lower front part of the septum involving the convergence of four arteries. A smaller proportion of nosebleeds that tend to be nontraumatic occur in Woodruff's plexus.
A CT scan showing evidence of the nasal cycle: the more patent airway is on the right of the image, the swollen turbinates congesting the left. The nasal cycle is the subconscious [1] [2] alternating partial congestion and decongestion of the nasal cavities in humans and other animals.
Norovirus presents itself much like food poisoning — with a rapid onset of nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach pain that generally lasts between one and three days. But there are a few key ...
One of the purposes of nasal mucus is to warm inhaled air to body temperature as it enters the body; this requires the nasal cavities to be constantly coated with liquid mucus. In cold weather the mucus lining nasal passages tends to dry out, so that mucous membranes must work harder, producing more mucus to keep the cavity lined.