> I don't know how I have managed it, but I have never had a nose bleed, even after getting hit pretty hard there.
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> And now a note for everyone, remember to pinch your nose and lean FORWARD if you have a nosebleed. Do not lean back! No matter what your mom told you growing up, you should lean forward. You don't want blood going down your throat into your stomach. The lean back thing was probably because parents didn't want blood on the furniture or carpet.
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> Fer"is that blood? No, it's snot"rick
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Yes, my mom told me a few things while growing up that just weren't quite on the mark. She had me, plug a big wad of toilet paper into the offending nostril, lean back and do some kind of pinching thing to the bridge of my nose! Wait a minute mom, that's just bone. How can I possibly accomplish anything by pinching a bone?? Some time later, I have found that one should take their index finger and press inward and upward on the nostril that floweth forth. A little t.p. by that finger doesn't hurt either; you'll still bleed for a bit, so you might as well be prepared to soak it up.
Speaking from experience, leaning back is *bad*. What happens is... [those who are faint of stomach should look away while reading this part] ... the blood flows down the back of your throat, and begins to coagulate. Needless to say, it will have to be hacked up, and it ain't pretty.
[Okay you can look now]
That's about it.

Tra "the best movie scene relating to a nosebleed is in Mystery Men.... '-for the kids'" nio