How to stop a nosebleed

There are more causes of nosebleed, such as high blood pressure, coagulation dysfunction, nasal septum deviation, nasal hemangioma, etc. According to the cause and the degree of condition, the bleeding can be stopped by physical therapy, medication, surgery and other ways. 1. Physical therapy: patients with small amount of bleeding from the front of nasal cavity can try to keep their body leaning forward, slightly lowering the head, pinching both sides of the nose with fingers, or pressing the bleeding side of the nose to the nasal septum for about 10-15 minutes, and cold compresses can be applied to the forehead and the back of the neck at the same time. Bleeding is more intense, bleeding surface is larger patients, can use disinfectant cotton ball direct pressure nasal bleeding site, so as to achieve the purpose of hemostasis. 2. Drug treatment: patients can also use hemostatic agents under the guidance of the doctor, such as thrombin, phenol sulfonyl ethylamine, Yunnan Baiyao, etc.; sedative drugs, such as chlorpromazine, luminal sodium, etc. for treatment. 3. Surgical treatment: patients with bleeding caused by nasal deformity can be treated by septal implantation plasty, deviated septum correction, etc. Patients can also control bleeding by endoscopic electrocoagulation and vascular ligation to stop bleeding. In addition, nasopharyngeal cancer, hypertension, poisoning, leukemia and other diseases may also cause nosebleeds, and it is recommended that patients consult a doctor for examination in a timely manner to clarify the cause of the disease and then carry out targeted medication and treatment.