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LWolf

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31. Very rarely.

Reply to GummyBearz (Original post)

Mon Dec 28, 2015, 06:53 PM

Dec 2015

I live in a climate much drier than Denver. I will get very dry, itchy skin and an occasional nose bleed if I don't keep a tub of water on the wood stove in the winter.

Visiting east of the Rockies into humid regions, though, leaves me gasping for breath, too hot, and unable to walk very far.

I wonder if, visiting Denver, it might be altitude as well as dry air?

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Anyone get over night bloody noses in dry climates? [View all] GummyBearz Dec 2015 OP

I do and the solution is saline nasal spray. Cheap and easy. n/t Butterbean Dec 2015 #1

Get one of those humdifiers (like they use for children) for your nightstand. n/t FSogol Dec 2015 #2

as Butterbean said, also a dampened towel on a chair by the bed in a hotel. irisblue Dec 2015 #3

Happens to me in the winter. Mariana Dec 2015 #4

I sleep with my head submerged in a bucket of ice water. Works a treat! Orrex Dec 2015 #5

A damp washcloth over the face works just as well Retrograde Dec 2015 #21

I think it's more the altitude than the dryness. SheilaT Dec 2015 #6

I thought that too. n/t truedelphi Dec 2015 #27

When traveling in the winter, I bring one of these MohRokTah Dec 2015 #7

Just had one the other day... TreasonousBastard Dec 2015 #8

In addition to the other recommendations, keep yourself hydrated. Gormy Cuss Dec 2015 #9

Happens every time I get in a bar fight in Denver. Fuddnik Dec 2015 #10

haha GummyBearz Dec 2015 #18

stay away from trump rally dembotoz Dec 2015 #11

Yes, I am dealing with them now in Arizona visiting my mother in law kimbutgar Dec 2015 #12

That is a common problem. As soon as the heat is turned on jwirr Dec 2015 #13

You need a humidifier... hot, or cold air... JCMach1 Dec 2015 #14

Yes, every winter when we start running the heater. There's a couple of simple things... Hekate Dec 2015 #15

That stuff works for lice too. LeftyMom Dec 2015 #20

WOW. I'll have to share that with my daughter -- she's the one with kids now. Hekate Dec 2015 #24

I was just going to post: "When I'm in Denver." Arugula Latte Dec 2015 #16

Happened to me when I was in Texas for basic training MrScorpio Dec 2015 #17

I live in Denver, and I have that problem every winter DavidDvorkin Dec 2015 #19

I used to get nosebleeds a lot when I lived in Colorado. Blue_In_AK Dec 2015 #22

Yeh, I have the same problem in the deserts of So Ca, and I Bigmack Dec 2015 #23

Yeah Liberal_in_LA Dec 2015 #25

YES. Had to have a vessel cauterized... VOX Dec 2015 #26

It took me almost 3 years to acclimate to the dry, thin stuff we call air in New Mexico Warpy Dec 2015 #28

A little dab of coconut oil in the nostril will help, Lilyhoney Dec 2015 #29

My sister-in-law suggested sesame oil, but any oil will do Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2015 #35

Yes. It is why we sleep with a humidifier in the bedroom during the winter months here in L.A. beaglelover Dec 2015 #30

Very rarely. LWolf Dec 2015 #31

Sometimes libodem Dec 2015 #32

Yup - both daughters and 2 of the grands do as well! ebayfool Dec 2015 #33

You can make your own normal saline nose drops. 3catwoman3 Dec 2015 #34

Woah! Some of you guys have a real problem here. SheilaT Dec 2015 #36