Common causes of nosebleeds in children

  Nosebleeds occur in children between the ages of 4 and 10, and in more than 90% of cases, the bleeding occurs in the lower part of the anterior nasal septum. When they see nosebleeds dripping from the child’s front nostrils, parents often panic and yell, “Quick, quick, tilt your head up!” Unbeknownst to them, two mistakes are made at once.  One is that most (over 90%) pediatric nosebleeds are benign and almost always occur at the front of the nose. If you lift your head, the blood will flow to the back of the nose, the mouth, some into the stomach causing discomfort and leading to vomiting, and some may enter the trachea or even the lungs, causing a violent cough; second, the parents’ panic will cause the baby to become more nervous.  Please let your child lower his head (note that it is not tilted) and raise his upper limbs to increase the amount of blood returned to the superior vena cava, thus reducing the blood supply to the nasal cavity for the purpose of stopping the bleeding.  Most of the causes of nosebleeds in children are the following four: 1. Seasonal reasons. The dry climate in summer increases the phenomenon of nosebleeds in children.  2. Dietary reasons. Nowadays, most children are paranoid, only love to eat meat, do not love to eat vegetables, nutritional intake is not comprehensive, so as to cause increased vascular fragility.  3, children’s bad behavior habits. Such as rubbing the nose vigorously, resulting in the rupture of small blood vessels in the nose.  4.Disease causes. Such as blood disease, fever, cough, etc.  In order to prevent nosebleeds, in the dry season, for children with a history of nosebleeds, families should have a supply of gentamycin eye ointment, which can be applied evenly in the nasal cavity every day to moisten the nasal mucosa. Correct your child’s partial eating habits, drink more water, eat more vegetables, and arrange your child’s diet in a reasonable and scientific way. If your child has nasal breathing problems in the evening, use furosemide to moisten the nose and never pick the nasal cavity.  Parents should not panic when the child has nose bleeding, let the child sit quietly, fill the nasal cavity with clean skimmed cotton to stop the bleeding, if there is no skimmed cotton, you can also use your fingers to press the nasal wings in the direction of the facial bone for 5 minutes. 5 minutes later, gently release your hand, if still bleeding, you need to send the child to the hospital. Apply a cold towel to the nose to constrict the nasal blood vessels. Avoid blowing the child’s nose or strenuous exercise for half an hour after the bleeding has stopped to avoid repeated bleeding.