Hi ladies, can I ask for nose bleed advice please? I started getting the anterior, cascading type ones last week on one side. Started eight days ago with the first on Tues 19/5, two more on Wed 20/5, Thurs and Fri OK, then three episodes on Saturday, at which point I contacted 111. The out of hours GP I spoke to on Sunday thought the cause might be an infection (where did I get that from in lockdown, there's only me here!) and prescribed Naseptin cream which I started Sunday afternoon. No further bleeds Sun and Mon, then one this evening after I sneezed and another just now after bending over. The bleeds take about 15-20 minutes of hard pinching to stop.
I will continue with the Naseptin, but I'd already ordered some oxymetazoline spray which arrived today. Does anyone have any experience of these two? Should I ring the GP surgery tomorrow to enquire about cauterization, or leave it for a bit?
The whole thing is freaking me out, as I am afraid to go out in case it starts up! Please bring me down off the ceiling!
JP x