Bloody noses at work....?

Question

Our office has no windows and no ventilation, and several of us are suffering from constant bloody noses. If they don't pour blood, whenever we blow our noses blood comes out. It happens all week long!!! What can we do to stop this from happening?

Answer 1

Dry air is dehydrating your nose. The dry tissues crack the vessels coming from the sinus floor. I had mine cauterized to stop frequent nose bleeds in the winter and from a rise in blood pressure. I was very happy with the results after healing. One thing I wish I'd had tried is warm nasal rinse.

Try a saline nasal RINSE (not a spray) A full warm water saline rinse goes in one nostril and out the other. It draws out all the gunk and shrinks the tissue (like swimming in the ocean). I've been doing it at work too. I use the water right out of the warm tap, add some salt from a packet in my pocket.

Buffered salt doesn't 'sting' as much as plain salt water. You can use a new method like Nasopure, or the vintage, Netipot

You can do this as often as you like with no side effects.

You don’t need a prescription for this therapy. So if you live in a state like mine, they’ve pretty much “outlawed” sudafed medicine. Drug-free is really the way to go on a frequent-use basis. (I put in a link for “what” and “how” – there’s also some good info on wiki)

Answer 2

It is probably caused by too much dry air in the office (or maybe some kind of scary deposit in the air). Either way, complain to management, you guys must be miserable.

Answer 3

Get the CDC involved. The work conditions are deplorable and you shouldn't have to suffer.

Answer 4

The heat may be causing this, see a doctor.

Answer 5

omg get another job, that sounds horrible, how can you work under those conditions? i can just picture everyone with rags in their noses :( sorry

Answer 6

thats normal/
but you do need to do something about the venilation problem