Blood when I blew my nose *vent*

Freaking fabulous!   not!! I am getting over what I believe to be the flu (my sister has the flu, my friend her family have had the flu the past few weeks, have been around them all recently. I have been flat on my back sick for a week. Tonight for the first time in days I have felt well enough to not take more cold medicine when I'm due for more. I have a rough dry cough and when I blew my nose it was blood instead of mucus. Bright red and smeary. Not enough for a nose bleed or to soak the tissue. Sinus infection? This sucks. :/ I just want to feel better. All my nieces and nephews and my son went through this bout of sickness with just fevers for 3 days, except my 5 month old nephew who has the flu. My SO is alot less sick than I am but had the same symptoms. Sigh.

That happens to me when my nose is really dry. It sucks

You've been blowing your nose a lot, yes? You've probably busted capillaries in it plus your nose is likely dry from the cold medicine.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Dr. Temperance Brennan:</b>" You've been blowing your nose a lot, yes? You've probably busted capillaries in it plus your nose is likely dry from the cold medicine."</blockquote>




That's probable. I kind of had an idea of what it was but was curious if that was a sign of a sinus infection as that can actually be treated. I felt like whining too. This sucks. So. Bad.

Yup, blowing it a lot, and cold/flu meds dry you out. If you have a humidifier set that bad boy up. I wouldn't worry too much about it though. Mine does that like every damn day lol

Or it could be dry in your house....that's what happens with me.

Thanks ladies. Ill set up my cool mist before bed.