Causes of nasal bleeding and their treatment

The causes of nasal bleeding are hidden deep in the human body. Very often this unpleasant symptom appears as a result of injuries to the nose and its cavity, certain blood diseases, vascular changes in influenza, typhoid fever and malaria.

The causes of nasal bleeding are associated with damage to vessels located in the anterior part of the nasal septum. Usually, such bleeding begins suddenly, for no apparent reason and in most cases stops without assistance.

Whatever it was, but with such things every person came across at least once in his life. However, if for some people the causes of nasal bleeding may not be particularly serious and have a "local" effect, then for other people they can become a real problem.

The causes of nasal bleeding in children can be local and general. And it is very important to understand in the event that a child often picks at the nose or has an altered nasal mucosa. Very often, nose blood from children can go because of excessive dryness of the air in the room. In this case, the overdried mucous membrane of the nose begins to gradually coalesce with the walls of the blood vessels, as a result of which the integrity of the latter is disturbed. Therefore, the probability of rupture of the vessels in the nasal cavity is high.

Strictly speaking, nasal bleeding in adults is approximately the same with the same problems in children, and therefore the provision of first aid is the same. So, first of all the human body should be given a semi-sitting position and tilt the victim's head slightly forward. After this, it is necessary to release from the thickened blood that part of the nose from which there was a bleeding, then slightly squeeze the fingers of the nose wing for a short time to prevent the flow of blood. Often this is the treatment of nasal bleeding.

In some cases, such a measure may not be sufficient, so the bleeding site should be pressed with a cotton swab dipped in hydrogen peroxide. If this method proves to be ineffective, local anesthesia of the nasal mucosa should be carried out with a 3% solution of dexain and burn the problem area with silver nitrate or an electric cautery.

Meanwhile, some of the causes of nasal bleeding frighten not only the patients themselves, but also the health workers, who force them to go to bed and toss their heads. As a rule, in such cases, the blood does not exit through the nostrils and a false impression begins to appear that the bleeding has ceased. Although in most cases, bleeding is deceptive, and a person often simply swallows the flowing blood.

Sometimes you even have to turn to folk medicine to stop the blood from the nose. As a rule, in these cases, it is recommended to use ointments prepared from those plants that have hemostatic effect. The plant must be dried beforehand, ground to a powdery mass and mixed in a ratio of 1: 4 with vaseline, lard or with vegetable oil.

As an example, you can imagine an ointment from the roots of aira. A teaspoon of finely chopped roots of this plant should be mixed with 50 ml of lanolin or petrolatum. The resulting mass lubricate the nasal mucosa a couple of times a day.

Nevertheless, the people's means are in no way able to replace in full the professional medical care. Therefore, if necessary, you should immediately contact a specialist - an ENT doctor. After all, the right treatment can adjust all identified factors, which will allow the patient to continue a normal lifestyle. In general, in some cases, consultations may be needed not only with ENT, but also with a therapist, hematologist, rheumatologist and endocrinologist.