Yesterday, after dinner, my nose bled for about 50 minutes.
Today, after I got home, my nose bled for an hour and half continuously and then intermittently for another hour (and it's still going).
This is starting to get old. This is starting to get annoying. Three times now I've had a few moments of wooziness and light-headedness during this time. In theory my secondary polycythemia should make me all but immune to the effects to the effects of hemoglobin loss due to a minor wound like a nosebleed. So I'm faced with the possibility that (a) I'm having psychosomatic effects or (b) I'm losing enough blood to actually cause a hypovolemic issue (which I really have a hard time believing).
I found a couple of references that seem to refer to vitamin C and cayenne as both powerful anti-epistaxis agents, including some vaguely on the fringe. Since I've been a little low on the C of late, that might be a factor. Also, I drank for the first time in a long time this week. Perhaps my platelet counts have been dropping even more than I previously realized and this was enough to push me over the edge?
I think I really need a new CBC with diff and CMP. So maybe next week I can start to get some answers.
