The nose is prone to bleeding and its anatomical structure, there are many blood vessels in the mucosa on both sides of the nasal septum, especially in the lower part of the front where there are four branches of large blood vessels intertwined, forming a “bleeding zone”. What happens?
The main causes of nosebleeds in children are: 1, when the nasal mucosa is dry, capillary dilatation, nasal inflammation or irritation will easily appear nosebleeds, such as various rhinitis, sinusitis, nasal tuberculosis, nasal syphilis, nasal trauma, nasal septal deviation, nasal foreign body or nasal tumor.
2.Poor climatic conditions, such as dry air, heat, low air pressure, cold, high room temperature can cause rhinorrhea.
3.Some children have the bad habit of picking their nostrils with their hands. When the nasal mucosa is dry, it is easy to pick the nose and bleed.
4.Picky eating, partial eating, not eating green vegetables and other bad habits in the diet can also cause nosebleeds due to vitamin deficiency.
5, external injury is a major cause of nosebleeds in children, children are active and naughty, accidentally hitting hard objects, it is possible to nosebleeds, there is also to teach children not to dig their nostrils at will, digging nostrils may cause nasal mucosa damage, which leads to nosebleeds.
6, nasal mucosa erosion, nasal septum deviation, etc., this is the most common cause, it is recommended to go to the ENT department for examination to confirm the diagnosis.
7. Decreased platelets in the blood, it is recommended to check the blood routine, which may be a complication of other diseases, and parents should not treat it as a trivial matter. Meanwhile, certain systemic diseases such as fever, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, leukemia, thrombocytopenic purpura, aplastic anemia, etc. can also cause nosebleeds.
Baby nosebleeds, parents should not panic too much, can take the following measures to deal with: 1, cold compress A small amount of blood dripping, parents can use ice bags or wet towels cold compress forehead and neck, or gargle with cold water and ice water, so that vasoconstriction, reduce bleeding.
2, compression nasal method The specific operation is that parents use their thumb index finger to pinch both sides of the nose for about 10 to 15 minutes (if you determine which nostril bleeding can also be directly compressed bleeding nostril). Many parents first think of blocking with tissue, in fact, tissue pressure is usually not enough to achieve the effect of stopping the bleeding, and tissue is not sterilized and can easily induce infection. While compressing the nostrils, take a sitting position and tilt your head slightly forward and down so that you can spit out the blood from your mouth. Rather than having the child raise his or her head, as many parents do. Because when the child raises his head, the blood will be swallowed uncontrollably, stimulating the stomach and intestines causing nausea and vomiting, etc. Especially when the amount of bleeding is large, the possibility of accidental aspiration will also occur.
3. Prompt medical treatment If the nosebleed cannot be stopped after taking the above measures, or if the child’s bleeding is heavy and accompanied by pale face, cold sweat and rapid heart rate, he/she should be sent to hospital promptly. In addition, if your child has repeated nosebleeds, you should also go to the hospital for examination to see if there is rhinitis, nasal foreign body, nasal nasopharyngeal tumor or blood disease.