Why can't I pick my nose without giving myself a nosebleed?

shy · #1 10-19-2006, 08:31 PM

Other people seem to manage it.
I'm not picking it hard or anything; I just gentley scratch around inside, but still my nose gushes with blood.

Any advice?

fagarielina · #2 10-19-2006, 08:37 PM

i have long nails

indigenousinsight · #3 10-19-2006, 11:32 PM

try blowing it instead.

VioletPrue · #4 10-20-2006, 01:55 AM

I used to have that when I was young, also when I'd blow it too hard, it would gush out.
Same with sneezing, basically any normal thing that involved a nose caused it to bleed.
I had mornings where I woke up to see a pillow case covered in blood, which to a 5 year old is very scary.
My mom took me to our house doc and he used some chemical stuff on a Q-tip to "burn" the tiny veigns in my nose shut.
It seems the skin there was too thin, and everything I did could cause a nosebleed.
Never had them again, it was great, and doesn't hurt that bad. (although I was young at the time and it seemed like hell, I now have perspective.)
Maybe your doc can do the same thing.

walterboy · #5 10-20-2006, 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by VioletPrue

I used to have that when I was young, also when I'd blow it too hard, it would gush out.
Same with sneezing, basically any normal thing that involved a nose caused it to bleed.
I had mornings where I woke up to see a pillow case covered in blood, which to a 5 year old is very scary.
My mom took me to our house doc and he used some chemical stuff on a Q-tip to "burn" the tiny veigns in my nose shut.
It seems the skin there was too thin, and everything I did could cause a nosebleed.
Never had them again, it was great, and doesn't hurt that bad. (although I was young at the time and it seemed like hell, I now have perspective.)
Maybe your doc can do the same thing.

Does that mean cocaine is useless to you??