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What exactly does it mean when an extreme bloody nose includes huge blood clots?

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Dr. Brian Affleck answered

Specializes in ENT and Head and Neck Surgery

Bloody nose: It means that they blood accumulated in your nose and clotted. This is how your blood should respond to a massive nose bleed, so it would appear that other than the nose bleed, you are probably pretty normal.

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Answered 11/28/2017

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