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Brownish Discharge From The Nose. Severe Weight Gain And Drug Abuse. How To Get Rid Of The Habit?
This morning I noticed a dark brown substance coming out of my partner s nose . It was actually already stuck to his upper lip when I saw it. When I questioned him about it he wiped it off and claimed it was a mixture of blood and mucus . But I have had suspicions that he has been doing drugs for quite some time now. He already admitted to me that he does perkasets. He claims he takes them orally. A friend of mine says he may be snorting them or even doing something worse. He has also put on a considerable amount of weight. I am afraid of the worse.
Thu, 29 Aug 2013
hello and welcome to HCM,
A nose bleed is like a headache; which means that there can be many causes of the same. However in your partners case it may very well be because of the snorting drugs though there is no better way of finding it out other than his own confession! If he is very sure that there is no snorting involved then you need to do the following and rule out other causes one by one:
1. Get a complete examination of the nose to rule out a condition called the deviated nasal septum which can cause the bleed.
2. Get a full blood check up including coagulation profile which can rule out any bleeding disorders. Also ask for the thyroid profile in consideration of his weight gain. You may also ask for a drug screen which can rule out the abuse of common drugs.
3. Get an CT PNS and endoscopy of the nose to rule out other different cause of nose bleed such as polyp or tumour
take care and do not allow him to blow hard on his nose and also try steam inhalation
Dr Sriram Nathan
A nose bleed is like a headache; which means that there can be many causes of the same. However in your partners case it may very well be because of the snorting drugs though there is no better way of finding it out other than his own confession! If he is very sure that there is no snorting involved then you need to do the following and rule out other causes one by one:
1. Get a complete examination of the nose to rule out a condition called the deviated nasal septum which can cause the bleed.
2. Get a full blood check up including coagulation profile which can rule out any bleeding disorders. Also ask for the thyroid profile in consideration of his weight gain. You may also ask for a drug screen which can rule out the abuse of common drugs.
3. Get an CT PNS and endoscopy of the nose to rule out other different cause of nose bleed such as polyp or tumour
take care and do not allow him to blow hard on his nose and also try steam inhalation
Dr Sriram Nathan
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