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Pinching the nostrils and holding them for 10 minutes is one method used to help stop nosebleeds. Most nose bleeding will stop on its own.
Dr. Jeff Livingston reviewed this
24 year experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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A 38-year old asked:
Do you lean your head back and pinch the nose with nosebleed?
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A male asked:
I have frequent and heavy bloody noses. Is this normal or should I be concerned? Ever since i was little I have had frequent and heavy bloody noses. Usually my mom and i could stop them by pinching the bridge of my nose and putting ice on it. I never we
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A 33-year old asked:
Might getting your nose pinched as a baby alter your nose shape later on?
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A 16-year old female asked:
When I pinch my nose it smells metallic. What does that mean?
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A member asked:
I hit the tip of my nose hard on the wall. next day i lightly pinched the tip of but it felt really soft .my question:will it heal itself?
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A 42-year old asked:
Please tell me, could a pinches nerve in my neck cause my numbing nose?
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A member asked about a 29-year old male:
29/m had a nosebleed from blowing nose too much. It dripped steadily and he pinched it but he passed out. Conscious now, what should I do for him?
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A 41-year old female asked:
Used clip to pinch nose for 15-20 seconds no more than 8-10 times. Did that change nose shape (thinner, bone bridge bigger)? Won't ever do that again!
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A 35-year old female asked:
Pinched tip of nose a few times & held breath; wore glasses down on tip of nose 2 times. Now nose seems wider & longer. Did those few times cause that?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Few times I pinched my nose & held breath few secs to try to thin it out. Now my nose seems much longer and bridge bump bigger. Could I've caused that?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Eaustachian tube dysfunction: Can you damage your eardrum while blowing when your nose is pinched?
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A 45-year old female asked:
Can U change shape of nose w/o surgery? afraid made mine longer, bump bigger.Pinched it, held breath a few times, glasses nose pads pushed down on tip
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A 40-year old female asked about a 41-year old female:
I wore glasses tight on tip of nose just a few times, causing tip & nostrils to be pinched for several seconds. Worried that made nose longer, thinner?
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A 27-year old female asked:
I have been bruising easily. Today my husband pinched my nose as a joke. I now have a purple bruise on the tip of my nose under where he pinched. Why?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Could a pinched nerve cause the left side of my face to be numb. Along with the inside of my mouth and nose?
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A 18-year old female asked:
When i pinch my nose i sneeze a couple of time and then my mouth get itchy? It like i have a button i press it and i sneeze :/?
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A 30-year old male asked:
When i pinch my nose and swallow to open my ears, it never happen. I face same issue during air travel and scube diving. Is this normal ?
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A 39-year old female asked:
If I pinched my nostrils & held my breath a few times would that change the shape of my nose like make it slimmer or longer or bone on bridge wider?
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A 26-year old male asked:
How hard should I blow with my mouth shut and nose pinched closed when trying to self treat Eustachian Tube Dysfunction?
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A 34-year old male asked:
I pinched my nose and clear sinus congestion -now have fullness in left ear, slight ringing, mild pain. What percent chance do I have perf TM?
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A female asked:
Used jet ski and pinched nose hard when I fell in a couple times,4 days ago. Today have sinusitis symptoms. Fear of N fowleri,is nose pinching enough?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Ent said no eardrum movement when pinch nose blow/swallow does that mean my eardrums damaged?
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A 53-year old male asked:
I was on a flight from Jhb to cape town 9 days ago. Slight cold/flu with sinus. On decend my left did not decompress. It is still blocked with a zing sound in it. I drink Sinuclear and Advil. When I pinch my nose and blow I hear lots of popping only?
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A 35-year old male asked:
Left of cervical spine (c1/c2) level pain/pressure radiating to nose bridge. QUESTION: can cervical spine nerve (possible pinch) radiate pain/pressure through to the trigeminal nerve, then to the nasal nerves, specifically to nose bridge nerve?
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A female asked:
My ears squeak when I swallow..I can pinch off my nose and close my mouth and blow and I can hear whistling sound out my left ear..what can I do?
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A 16-year old male asked:
Can congested sinuses cause temporary hearing loss? Sometimes, hearing in my left ear is less sharp than my right ear--but if I pinch my nose and blow and pop my ears, it clears up for the rest of the day. What's going on?
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A 20-year old female asked:
I keep hearing clicking sounds in my left ear and sometimes both. its very slight sound and it goes away when i pinch my nose and blow with my mouth shut. but it comes back again.iam scared is it tinnitus? or earwax? is it something to worry about?
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A 60-year old female asked:
Can pinched nerve in neck cause serve pain on the side of your head?
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A 37-year old asked:
Can a pinched nerve in your neck cause shooting pains when you turn your head?
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A 66-year old female asked:
I feel as tho a nerve is being pinched. I was knocked off my bicycle last year. I had severe head injury and the one side of m face was reconstructed in tintanium?
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