Poster: A snowHead
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Struggling to read everything that's been posted while I've been away!!
Now then, can anyone give me the medical explanation why I have a constant light nosebleed all the time I'm on the slopes?
Is it the altitude, frost bite, alcohol poisoning???
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Damm I used to know this one but can't remember think it has something to do with altitude though
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Frequent nosebleeds can be related to an increase in blood pressure, often caused by altitude. Do you suffer from nosebleeds at home normally?
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Thank you Lucie, that was the thing I was trying to remember
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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When I was a kid, for a few weeks got regular nosebleeds and the doctor said that it can sometimes be treated by cauterising (I think) a minor vein/capillery/artery/vessel/whatever, in the nose. He said that sometimes the wall can be a bit weak and prone to damage and hence bleeding. As my bleeds cleared up, they did nothing. If yours is reasonably weak, there could be a pressure related problem, that only manifests itself at altitude.
Note, I have no medical experience and this was years ago. Your best bet, I'd have thought, is to ask your GP about it.
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Homphomp, in USA high steep runs are often called "nosebleed runs".
Nosebleeds are a classic symptom of altitude sickness. For many of us it is just a nuissance and nothing serious.
I quote from one site:
"Spending time in actual high altitude does often cause nosebleeds because the lower pressure, thinner, drier, lower oxygen air, causes the skin inside your nose to become chapped and sometimes bleed (saline spray helps)."
(http://www.wordwizard.com/clubhouse/founddiscuss.asp?Num=4657)
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Hence the run-grading colours?
Blue - too easy to work up a sweat, so stay cold.
Red - extra wind up nostrils causes noses to bleed profusely.
Black - red and brown mixed.
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Yup. My other half suffered a lot in Tignes and a bit in Zermatt. Doctor on our holiday said it was down to the altitude. A nuisance all the same. So long as it is bright red in colour and not deep purply and thick, this can indicate something a bit more serious (particularly if your vision goes out of focus).
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Yeah, but my vision goes out of focus every night....or is that the free wine?
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