Could this conceivably be medically significant?

[LAS14]

Last week I scratched the top of my nose lightly and it started bleeding. Given the amount of tissue I had to use to stop it I think it bled at least 1/4 t, maybe 1/2. After the bleeding stopped there was no mark on my nose, either to sight or feel. Three days later the same, exact thing happened to my husband. The only difference is that a few days later we see a pinpoint size red spot.

What's going on? Alien invasion? Couvade syndrome for retirees? Some weird virus in our home? Does this ring any bells with anyone here?

You can imagine why I don't want to consult either of our doctors... Talk about hypochondria!!!

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Do you all take a daily aspirin?

[LAS14]

2. No. He does, but I don't. But he does...

...have a low platelet count with no symptoms. But maybe not until now. Doesn't explain me, though.

[jberryhill]

17. My wife has no explanation for how she got that way either

So that part sounds pretty common.

[marylandblue]

3. I had an itchy rash that bled once

It was an infection in a hair follicle. Infections can spread from person to person.

[jberryhill]

4. IMHO, there are two main possibilities

1. It is a sign of an imminent fatal condition well known to health care professionals which, if caught early, can be simply treated, but will otherwise result in certain death within hours; or

2. It's nothing.

Pretty sure it's either 1 or 2.

So, if it's 2, don't worry about it.

Funny story: I was out riding my bike last month, felt a little woozy, and pulled over to the side of the road to lay down in the grass a bit. Several people passing by asked if I was okay, and I waved them off. Turned out I was having a heart attack. By the time a passerby DID call 911 as I became less coherent, the ambulance picked me up just in time for me to flatline on the way to the ER. No shit. But if it was up to me to make the call, I'd be dead right now.

[LAS14]

7. Response to 1st part. :)

Response to 2nd part. Wow! That rises beyond funny!!! It's going to make my cocktail circuit!!

[jberryhill]

9. Drink one for me

As the ambulance approached the hospital, the ride got REALLY bumpy and my chest hurt like a mofo. I asked them if they could PLEASE not hit every pothole on the way, and if they could just pull over for a second because the bumpy ride was really hurting. They said no. What I didn't realize at the time was that I had coded. They had administered CPR and then the paddles, and what I was feeling was the cracked ribs from CPR and then the muscle pain from being zapped back to life.

Been a zombie for a month now.

But, I thought I was just over-tired because I didn't have a good breakfast before going out for a ride.

It's probably nothing. Don't worry about it.

[SCantiGOP]

12. I too am a Y-chromosome American

I have read that one of the reasons men have as high a death rate from heart attacks as they do is because 1) we are so damned stubborn, and 2) macho culture frowns on men being sissies and complaining about health issues.
Glad someone was there to call 911 for you.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

16. Yikes. NT

[sl8]

5. The aliens have learned all they could from anal probes and have moved on to nasal probes.

Swapped ends, so to speak.

[Croney]

6. You were both bitten by tiny spiders.

Maybe.

[LuckyCharms]

8. Most likely pure coincidence...

Especially if you both work outside a lot. Sometimes I will get bug bites that cause me to lose several 55 gallon drums worth of blood, but then again, I'm on a blood thinner. Also, anything on the face bleeds like crazy.

Either that, or you pissed off the Russians.

[Alwaysna]

10. Bedbugs?

[WhiteTara]

11. Well, if it continues in the same way,

it is possible that it's skin cancer.

I have a precancer spot on my nose that I had frozen off and I have a friend who now has part of his ear replacing his nose. You should get a skin cancer check annually. If you have insurance, great. If not, get a skin check from your pcp-they can even freeze it there at the office.

[Corgigal]

13. My 20 something year old daughter

had some weird thing. Something under her eye lash and it bleed. Went to see a doctor, cause weird, a day or so later it fell out. Sorry, I can't recall the name but maybe you can search.

Never returned, so I hope that is your outcome.

[jberryhill]

14. "then like my daughter it's gone"

Wait... she had a thing under her eye lash, and now she's gone and has never returned?

[Corgigal]

15. I know, I fixed it.

I have no idea how that sentence was even put together. Daughter is fine, but living in Charleston SC and watching the hurricane.