Why Does Your Nose Bleed

There are a lot of different reasons why a person's nose might bleed. Everyone's body works differently, and some people are more sensitive certain things than others. Here are the top three reasons why your nose might bleed:

Infection:

Much of the time when a person's nose bleeds, they have an infection of some sort in their nasal cavity that has irritated the skin on the inside of the nose. When you have irritated skin, it swells, and potentially break open because it's too swollen. That's exactly what happens in this case, and when the skin breaks from swelling, it starts to bleed.

High Blood Pressure and Bleeding Disorders:

The pressure going through the veins and capillaries in your nose is a huge factor when it comes to nose bleeds. These tubes that carry your blood are VERY small in the nose, and if you're blood pressure is too high (meaning your blood is rushing through your veins at ridiculous speeds because you're angry), it can cause those little veins and capillaries to burst; resulting in a nose bleed. So calm down, and your nose bleeding shouldn't be an issue.

Stop Picking Your Nose:

We've all done it. If you say you haven't, you'd be lying to yourself. Remember when you were a little kid and you'd stick your finger up there? Or maybe as an adult you have a loose booger that's driving you up the freaking walls? Well sticking your finger up there and picking your nose puts pressure on the tissue and stretches it beyond its normal limit (fingers aren't supposed to go up your nose). Stretching the tissue damages it...it rips and tears your nose apart on the inside! So once the skin is damaged, the normal reaction for the body to repair itself is to send blood rushing to where your finger is at and -oops! Blood.


I hope this post was helpful! Feel free to leave some comments and if you have another "why does" question, don't hesitate to post it in the comments!