What to do if your nose bleeds in dry weather

Dry weather nosebleed can be used to change the position, towels, cold compresses, stuffing, pressure on the nose and other methods to assist in stopping bleeding. 1. Change position: after nosebleed, you should adopt sitting position or semi-recumbent position, do not lie down to make the blood pressure of the head rise, resulting in the possibility of re-bleeding, at the same time, you should avoid swallowing blood flowing into the pharynx, so as not to stimulate the stomach to cause nausea or vomiting. 2. Cold compress or stuffing: Cold stimulation can make the small blood vessels in the nose contract, which can help to stop bleeding, so we can use a towel soaked with cold water or ice water on the back of the nose, forehead and other parts. Sterilized cotton ball can also be used to fill the nasal cavity, pressure to stop bleeding. 3. Pressing the nose: patients with nosebleeds can use the thumb and forefinger to press both sides of the nose for about 10 minutes or use acupressure to treat nosebleeds, to the extent that there is a localized soreness and pain, children and the poorer physique, the force should be light. Nosebleed has many reasons such as physiological or pathological, when the weather is dry, in order to ensure the humidity and temperature of the nasal cavity, the blood will flow through the nasal cavity more, if the nasal mucosa is more fragile, it is easy to have a sudden nosebleed, but all kinds of infectious inflammation of the nasal mucosa may also cause bleeding of the nasal mucosa. If the bleeding is repeated, the possibility of deviated nasal septum or hemangioma should also be considered. If the bleeding is large or repeated, it is recommended to go to the hospital for treatment.