Is It Normal To Have Seapage From A Nose Packing Due To Severe Nosebleed?It Stops If I Dont Move Around And Seaps Out From From Under When Moving. Is This Fresh Blood Or Is It From Blood When Plug Was Put In ?

Posted on Fri, 24 Aug 2018

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Question : Is it normal to have seapage from a nose packing due to severe nosebleed?It stops if I dont move around and seaps out from from under when moving. Is this fresh blood or is it from blood when plug was put in ? No blood at top of plug only at bottom of it. to 'Ask a Doctor'. Please type your question here...

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rajat Basak (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Hii..hope you are doing well. It is common to have mild sippage from nasal

Detailed Answer:
Hii..hope you are doing well. It is common to have mild sippage from nasal pack from severe bleed. If it stops when you don't make movements it is fine. If you are having continuous sippage on movements then it's alarming. It you are spitting blood continuously then consult doctor else it's fine.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Rajat Basak (2 hours later)

Does it mean that since only one nostril was packed that it is anterior or still could it be posterior. Are the outcomes in the end still the same for both. Prognosis. Scared.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rajat Basak (3 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
As sipage is anteriorly then bleeding is anterior, if bleeding is posterior

Detailed Answer:
As sipage is anteriorly then bleeding is anteriorly, if bleeding is posteriorly then you will have continuous blood spitting. Bleeding from one nose don't go to another nose. So it is anterior bleeding from one nose. Small sipage is fine, stops over time. If it is continuous then consult a doctor.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Kampana