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Hi All,
I'm off to Val D'isere in about 4 weeks time. Currently just started the increased fitness regieme and starting to get really excited
A question though. I suffer from a excessively dry mouth during the night when i try and sleep at allitude, to the point where the inside of my nose dries out and i get small nose bleeds (not actual running blood from the nose, but just snot crusty with blood i have to blow out in the mornings, lovely).
It was at its worst last year in Tignes, at 2100m. We'll be slightly lower this year at Val (1850m) but i just wondered if anyone had any tips for helping with this problem. I've tried putting a glass of water on the radiator to humidify the room, but that doesn't seem to work.
any tips? (other than drink less alcohol)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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lower, drink less alcohol
Drink more water - a lot more water
Wetting a towel and putting on the radiator overnight or over a chair in front of the heater can help with raising the humidity
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Lip balm stick, shoved up the nose and rotated vigourously. Makes sharing your lip balm a right good laugh.
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cathy wrote: |
lower, drink less alcohol
Drink more water - a lot more water
Wetting a towel and putting on the radiator overnight or over a chair in front of the heater can help with raising the humidity |
good idea with a wet towel. I'll try that.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
Lip balm stick, shoved up the nose and rotated vigourously. Makes sharing your lip balm a right good laugh. |
is that a serious suggestion?
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lower, It is indeed. I tried it with a very dry and scabby nasal passage and it works just like it does on your lips. Softens and re-lubricates the skin.
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I find Tignes a pretty grim place to try to sleep for the reasonse mentioned here, but Val d'Isere noticeably better
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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lower, I had exactly the same problem in Tignes and found that keeping 2 Ltrs of water by the bed (and drinking it!) helped a lot.
Not tried Frosty's suggestions for nose or other 'passages'
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You know it makes sense.
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It has to be said that an early morning run down an icy black can be a great cure for constipation
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Vaseline works quite well.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Or K.Y. ?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Probably doesn't apply to lower, but some people whoe get recurrent proper nosebleeds need a prescription for antibiotic nose ointment from their GP and it works a treat if there is no obvious leaky vessel to see in the nose. cathy and Frosty the Snowman have got it spot on for you. (not sure I would want to stick a strwberry lip balm up my nose, try Labello )
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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AxsMan, I hear Dinah uses axle grease
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Frosty the Snowman,
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lower, Need any advice on hemorrhoids?
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Don't use the same lip balm as the one you use for your nose.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Martin Nicholas, would that be the same Dinah who likes to 'show us your leg'? (That took me back a year or two )
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Top tip.
Re-apply the lip balm as often as possible or even better leave it stuck up your nose (swaping nostrels at the end of each run).
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DB, one up each nostril? Could be dangerous in a face plant situation.
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lower, Need any advice on hemorrhoids?
Don't use the same lip balm as the one you use for your nose.
and take the packaging off anything that you insert elsewhere!!
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Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream is great for the sore nose, and they do a lip balm too.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And you lot used to call me gross
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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lower, Our (then) 3yr old had constant nose bleeds during her first ski holiday - we had to replace the bedding in the apartment. I was told it was because the air is very dry at altitude, so the next trip, we put a humidifier in the kids room & the holiday was completely nose bleed free. Don't know if it was because she was a year older or because of the humidifier - perhaps another knows more about this.
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sleep on the balcony.
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