What is the cause of nosebleeds in children? Nosebleeds occur mostly in children between the ages of 4 and 10, and in more than 90% of children the bleeding occurs mostly below the anterior nasal septum. It turns out that there is a multivessel area here, consisting of the arterial anastomosis network and venous plexus in the nasal cavity. The mucosa here is thin and located forward, so it is easily damaged and bleeding occurs, which is why it is medically known as the bleeding-prone area of the nasal cavity. What can cause nasal bleeding in children? The causes of nasal bleeding in children are many, including the nose itself, such as inflammation in the nasal cavity, nasal trauma that causes blood vessel rupture, especially the dryness of the nasal mucosa caused by various reasons, which makes the blood vessels on the mucosa especially fragile and causes bleeding; there are also systemic causes, such as acute infectious diseases, fever, blood diseases, etc. Therefore, when children have nosebleeds, they need to go to the hospital for timely examination to find out the causes and treat the symptoms in order to receive good results. Is it right to tilt your head back when you have a nosebleed? Most (over 90%) nosebleeds in children are benign and almost always occur at the front of the nose. If you hold your head up, the blood will flow to the back of the nasal cavity, mouth, trachea and even the lungs, causing bronchitis and pneumonia in mild cases, or blockage of the trachea and breathing difficulties in severe cases. When a child has a nosebleed, the child should be placed in a sitting or semi-sitting position with the head slightly tilted forward, not in a supine position or with the head tilted backward, so as not to choke the blood into the respiratory tract. If the blood flows into the pharynx, stimulating the pharynx and coughing will aggravate the bleeding. At this time, you can use a cold towel on your head, apply slight pressure on the nose with your finger for 3D5 minutes, or use sterile cotton dipped in 0.1% epinephrine solution or Yunnan Baiyao, fill the nasal cavity for 10 minutes, and then gently remove the cotton. How to prevent nasal bleeding in children? 1, apply oil to prevent nosebleeds: nosebleeds need to be prevented, especially in dry seasons like now. You can use paraffin oil or glycerin drops on your child’s nose when the nasal cavity is dry, or wipe the nasal cavity with a cotton ball dipped in clean water. 2. Control children’s strenuous activities and avoid nasal trauma. Children’s nasal bleeding does not exclude some local inflammation of the nasal cavity, such as acute and chronic rhinitis, sinusitis, strenuous activity will make the nasal mucosa vasodilatation, or lead to nasal itching children picking and nasal bleeding. To allow children to develop good habits, do not pick when the nose itchy digging. 3. Pay attention to the diet. In autumn and winter, things are dry, diet must be careful. Children should not eat more fried and fatty items, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and pay attention to drink more water or cool drinks to replenish water, and take the right amount of vitamin C, A, B2 if necessary. 4, prevent colds and other respiratory diseases. Now is the high incidence of upper respiratory diseases, if children suffer from colds, tonsillitis, pneumonia or mumps and other infectious diseases, can lead to congestion and swelling of the blood vessels of the nasal mucosa, and even cause capillary rupture and bleeding. Therefore, once the child suffers from these diseases should be treated promptly. 5, often inexplicable nasal bleeding must go to the hospital for examination.