nomorepanic
18-04-13, 00:39
I have been having blood in my nose - not nose bleeds as such - for the last 2 months. So when I blow my nose there is always blood.
I did a bit of googling (yes I am allowed 'cos I do not suffer from HA) and found some reasonable explanations like sinus problems or dryness caused by having the heating on etc. This sounded reasonable as because of the cold weather we do have the heating on at home a lot so it is reasonable to assume my nasal passage was dried out due to this.
Anyway as it wasn't getting any better I booked a doc's appointment but could only see a relatively new and young doctor within the next month so took it.
I went today and this is how it went.
I told him I had blood in my nose when I blew it and had done for 2 months.
His immediate reply was that he would refer me to hospital for a nasal endoscopy.
He said that I was on a lot of medication and he noted I was on aspirin and I said yes I do bleed more because of the aspirin.
I asked if there was something else that we could try before that to see if it helped.
He said ok we can try a steroid nasal spray.
The thing is he never asked me anything else like did I feel pressure in the nose or any other symptoms etc like a headache, sore throat etc.
I was quite amazed at how quick he was to refer me for tests when I know these are costly and to be honest the last thing I want is an endoscopy.
I am going to try the nasal spray for 2 weeks then he will call and if I am no better he will refer me.
If you suffer from HA and and was told you were being referred to a consultant straight away would you freak out and assume there was something wrong or feel reassured they were looking at it?
I feel that other options should be looked at first before costly investigations like this.
I will let you all know how it goes anwyay
I did a bit of googling (yes I am allowed 'cos I do not suffer from HA) and found some reasonable explanations like sinus problems or dryness caused by having the heating on etc. This sounded reasonable as because of the cold weather we do have the heating on at home a lot so it is reasonable to assume my nasal passage was dried out due to this.
Anyway as it wasn't getting any better I booked a doc's appointment but could only see a relatively new and young doctor within the next month so took it.
I went today and this is how it went.
I told him I had blood in my nose when I blew it and had done for 2 months.
His immediate reply was that he would refer me to hospital for a nasal endoscopy.
He said that I was on a lot of medication and he noted I was on aspirin and I said yes I do bleed more because of the aspirin.
I asked if there was something else that we could try before that to see if it helped.
He said ok we can try a steroid nasal spray.
The thing is he never asked me anything else like did I feel pressure in the nose or any other symptoms etc like a headache, sore throat etc.
I was quite amazed at how quick he was to refer me for tests when I know these are costly and to be honest the last thing I want is an endoscopy.
I am going to try the nasal spray for 2 weeks then he will call and if I am no better he will refer me.
If you suffer from HA and and was told you were being referred to a consultant straight away would you freak out and assume there was something wrong or feel reassured they were looking at it?
I feel that other options should be looked at first before costly investigations like this.
I will let you all know how it goes anwyay