Would Benedryl cause frequent nose bleeds?!


Question: Would Benedryl cause frequent nose bleeds.?
I started taking benedryl because I have allergy issues, and since I have taken it, my nose keeps bleeding! Not just a little either, like a whole lot! Mainly while I am sleeping. Doesn't it dry up your sinus' or something like that.?

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Benadryl can certainly dry up your mucous membranes, leaving them vulnerable. This is especially so in dry air seasons like winter or when a heater is on. Yoy have a few options.

1. Switch to Claritin or Zyrtec - while everyone responds a little differently to meds, these are likely to be less drying.

2. If that doesn't work, you can always try old faithful - Chlor-Trimeton (chlorpheniramine maleate)

3. Humidifying the room helps.

4. Since you are already having bleeds, I suggest you go to the drugstore and find some saline spray. It will moisten the membranes. DO NOT get the hypertonic kind (the label will say).

5. If you are adventuresome, you can try the nasal gels. They come in swabs (hard to use) or spray (burned my sinuses like a fire)

6. As an alternate to gel, you can buy some Celluvisc eye drop and snort them. They are a very mild gel that is a great longer-term moistener.

Good luck. :-)Health Question & Answer

You might be taking a bit too much aspirin or ibuprofen. Those both thin your blood. Or you could just need to have something cauterized in there. It does have a tendancy to dry you out pretty good too.

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