I've cut my foot and nearly passed out...?

Question

Alright, I cut my foot yesterday while I was watching the pool. It wasn't anything too serious, but there was a lot of blood. I had to hop on my good foot for about a block. While my dad was fixing me up, I felt sick to my stomach and that I was going to faint.

Do you think that reaction was caused by me having issues with the sight of blood, or perhaps the hopping to my house?

Answer 1

I think it was the sight of the blood, but than hopping to your house made it worse =]

Answer 2

sight of blood. I have a friend who has the same problem. He got a cut under his fingernail and it was a bit of internal bleeding. He said that he almost passed out because a part of his body that doesn't usually bleed was bleeding. Most likely the shock of seeing something new like the bleeding of your foot which doesn't happen too often probably gave you a shock even if you didn't realize it.

Answer 3

that's the reason i didn't choose to be a nurse!

Answer 4

I'm willing to bet it was more the fact that you get ill from the sight of blood.  Physical exertion -- unless it was ridiculously hot out -- typically won't cause such reactions, especially in light of the fact that you know perfectly well that you react to blood that way.