Are you suppose to hold your head back when your nose bleeds.?

Question:

Me and my boyfriend keep arguing about this subject. My nose keeps bleeding due to the heat. I beleive you shouldnt hold your head back because the blood rushes to the back. And he of course thinks differently. Im sure some people may have bent over to tie their shoe laces and felt all the fluids in there head rush to the front.

Answers:
No, you're not supposed to tilt your head back.
Because then you'll swallow the blood and choke on it.
Ew.

Other Answers:
nope. while standing over the sink, hold the bridge of your nose and lean forward. it works, really.

You're actually supposed to lean forward and put light pressure on the bridge of your nose. If you lean your head back the blood won't clot as quickly and will run down your throat, posing the risk of excessive blood content in your stomach.

Do not hold your head back, that is actually bad for you. The blood flows to your brain or down to the back of your throat, not good. What you should do is get some soft tissues and pinch your nose right below the bone. Hold that position for about 5 minutes or so, depending on how serious it is. Then, have someone, or you could do it yourself with one available hand and get a cold towel or moist napkin and hold it on your forehead. If it is from heat, putting something cold on your cheeks help as well. If possible, drink water.
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My doctor told me about the pinch thing. The cold water is just common sense. No you'll just swallow it. lean forward with some ice and pinch at the bridge of your nose.

Absolutely not. there is a good chance you will suffocate. Instead what I do is rip off a piece of tissue and put it up my nose just enough to be able to pull it out once it gets soggy. That way it will absorb the blood so that it can heal.

if you hold your head back the blood will drain into your stomache and can cause you to vomit then of course your nose will bleed again. pinch the upper part of your nose tight to stop the blood enough to stop the blood pressure it will stop just after a few seconds, it is the same as a cut on your arm, you hold it and it stops bleeding.
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it is in my first aid book but i dont know the name of it off hand

Apply pressure to the bridge of your nose and let cold tap water
run over the underside of both wrists. This will not only help con-
trol the bleeding it will amazingl cool you down. Try it.

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