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Re: bloody nose
Petroleum jelly made my nose feel better until I did further reading. Here are two links, one from Mayo (somewhat reassuring), the other from the People's Pharmacy (somewhat less so). I can't find the original articles that made me cap the jar, because I can't remember the original search terms I used, but there's a lot of information out there if you google "lipoid pneumonia."
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2010/...the-nose-safe/
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pet...-jelly/an00947
As an aside (which is to say that it slipped my mind earlier), after all the bleeding was over and only the dripping remained, I developed a small sore inside my nose that simply refused to heal. I finally gave up and saw my internist. One swab later, it turned out I had MRSA in my nose. Five days of twice-daily Bactroban Nasal, and my nose is giving me no trouble at all.
Given that at least 30% of the population is carrying non-symptomatic MRSA in their nasal passages and all cancer patients have had our immune systems compromised, it might be helpful to have that checked.
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