[Duncan Fowler]

It does make sense that Vaseline is flammable.  It is a petroleum product.

Afrin, here in the States is an over the counter (OTC) nose decongestant.

Here we find it in Grocery stores, Drug Stores and on-line such as Amazon. 🙂

It is supposed to keep you unplugged for 12 hours.

It seems to work fast for me.  But, you can always pinch your nostrils closed and put pressure on the bleed to help it clot faster.  There are times when I first get up and blow my nose and it is slightly bloody.  A couple of squirts fixes it!

Cheers

Dunc

 

[Duncan Fowler]

Hi Charlene,

Yes I do take OFEV and do suffer from nosebleeds but I don’t believe it is the drug.

I am also on Oxygen for about 16 hours/day and that includes while I am sleeping. I have been told that nose bleeds and Oxygen users are quite common.  The key to prevention is humidification for me.

If my humidifier bottle goes dry on my Oxygen generator at night, I can almost guarantee a nose bleed.

Other things I do is use saline nose sprays and there is also a saline nose gel available.

But what do you do  when you get a nose bleed?  I have found that using OTC “Afrin” does have the ability to quickly shrink nasal blood vessels and a couple squirts in each nostril really helps with nosebleeds.  This was recommended to me by an ENT Doc