How to treat nosebleeds in children

Nosebleeds are a common phenomenon in all ages from children to adults. With the dry weather, the temperature is gradually decreasing like now, it is a suitable environment for nosebleeds to appear.

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Nosebleeds usually occur on one side, sometimes on both sides. If this condition persists, it will adversely affect the child's health, especially causing fear in the child.

Here are some things to do immediately when your child has a nosebleed:

- Help the child sit up and lean forward. In this position, the nosebleed can be monitored.

- Use your thumb and index finger to press down on the bleeding nostril. If at school, the caregiver should wear gloves to prevent infection.

- Gently press the nose against the facial bone to re-insert the bleeding vein.

- Hold for 5 minutes, do not release your hand in the middle to see if the bleeding has stopped. Because when you release your hand, the blood vessels will burst and the blood will flow again. You can use a towel wrapped with ice cubes or a cold compress to reduce pain and help the blood vessels contract faster.

- After 5 minutes, release your hand very gently to see if the bleeding has stopped. If you release your hand quickly, the clot will break loose and the bleeding will start again. If the bleeding starts again, apply pressure and cold compress again for a longer period of time.

Once the bleeding has stopped, let the child resume light activities as usual. Nosebleeds are very common in young children, are transient and not dangerous. After the bleeding has stopped, sometimes a large amount of blood clots in the nose make the child uncomfortable, and must be removed, which can cause the blood clot to break and cause the blood to flow again. It is necessary to start again. If the nosebleed cannot be stopped, the child should be taken to the emergency room.

Note:

- Avoid asking your child to blow their nose once the bleeding has stopped, as this can dislodge the blood clot. If there is a lot of blood in the nose, blow it out before pinching the nostrils.

- Do not let the child tilt his head back, because it is difficult to monitor the amount of blood flowing.

- First aid for nosebleeds in adults is similar.

Causes of nosebleeds

According to doctors, nosebleeds have many different causes, including the following two main causes:

– Nosebleeds originating from the nose: This is the most common cause. It can be a nosebleed due to a dry nose when the weather changes, especially during the transitional season. A deviated septum between the two sides of the nose causes an imbalance in the air entering the nose between the two sides, which is also the cause of a dry nose and leads to bleeding. Diseases such as flu and sinusitis cause damage to the nose. Someone accidentally hits the nose, or you accidentally trip and fall and injure the nose area.

– Nosebleeds occurring outside the nose: that is, nosebleeds that are not caused by injuries to the nose. At this time, you need to pay close attention because you may have some diseases such as hemophilia, nosebleeds due to infections such as viral fever, chronic hepatitis, diabetes, kidney failure, allergies..., and more seriously, it can be leukemia. Therefore, parents should not be subjective when their children continuously have nosebleeds.

According to VnMedia