https://paulnystrom.com/tags/txa/Recent content in TXA on Paul NystromHugoen-usFri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://paulnystrom.com/posts/bloody-noses/Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://paulnystrom.com/posts/bloody-noses/<p>The first thing to know about coming to the ER with a bloody nose is that it will stop. (In fact, the only guarantee in medicine is that all bleeding stops eventually.) And the second thing to know is that you will likely be very unsatisfied with the visit.</p> <p>A couple things to know about bloody noses, referred to medically as epistaxis. The bleeding is most often from small veins along the septum of the nose. The septum is the middle part of the nose that divides your nasal passages in half. These veins are close to the surface of the mucosa/skin that lines the septum and when they get disrupted or irritated, they can bleed.</p>