nose bleeds

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bloody noses?

why would people get bloody noses?

 

off the top of my head, there are a few possible causes of a bloody

nose:

 

1. injury: whether

a) blunt force trauma (i.e. a blow to the nose) or

b) some internal injury (i.e. to the mucus membranes, e.g.

nose-picking, infection etc.)

- would tend be a profuse flow immediately some kind of trauma (e.g.

getting a soccer ball kicked right at your kisser, picking off a scab

in the nose)

 

2. infection: of "krimi" (worms), listed separately because microbes

may not just be a factor that makes a disease worse, but can be the

cause of disease

a) usually viral if symptoms are acute or mild, probably fungal if

chronic, with mostly clear/sticky mucus, itchings and oozings of

various sorts (kapha, ama)

b) usually bacterial if the blood is mixed with yellow-green pus

(pitta); would tend to be a mild to moderate flow (e.g. after blowing

or clearing mucus from the nose), other symptoms include swollen lymph

nodes ("glands"), fever etc.

-flow would not be profuse unless a scab was picked or a clot was

cleared out

 

3. excess blood volume: not too common at least not in a medical sort

of way, such as a myeloproliferative syndrome (e.g. leukemia) and more

common in men (pitta, but also kapha)

 

4. stagnant blood: usually arising with age, a kapha, kapha/pitta or

tridoshic condition that usually expresses itself more as a dilation of

local blood vessels, whether in the venous (pitta), capillary (vata) or

arterial (kapha) sides

-flow would be slow and sticky, mildly profuse, oozing; of various

colors classified accordingly (e.g. bluish/brownish=vata, purplish/red,

greenish=pitta, bright pink or pale=kapha)

-stagnant blood includes hereditary diseases like sickle-cell anemia

that clog up the arteries from excessive breakdown (hemolysis),

leukemia and athersclerosis

 

5. local inflammation: caused by one or all of the following:

nutrient/qualitative imbalances in the diet, autotoxicity (ama),

"deranged" blood (excess pitta, liver/bowel issues), or allergic

reactions (pitta/kapha/vata); flow would be be acute but moderate,

usually with some irritation and pain

 

6. weakness of capillaries: usually caused by chronic local

inflammation (i.e. caused by 1,2 or 5)

-specific nutrient deficiencies include omega 3s, b vitamins, proteins,

dietary flavonoids etc.), arising independently or from malabsorption

syndromes (e.g. poor fat digestion, celiac disease, excess plant

fibers, doesn't like to eat vegetables, etc.); cholesterol btw adds

integrity to cell membranes, which is why ghee and other animal fats

are particularly helpful here

-aging, exhaustion, starvation, extreme debility (vata)

-chronic hypertension (see 4)

 

i haven't mentioned cancer, but this is also a possibility in adults,

particularly in those with a history of being exposed to noxious fumes

(e.g. smoking, industrial chemical, etc.); benign tumors such as polyps

may also bleed, esp with injury

 

Caldecott

todd

www.toddcaldecott.com