Rumors When I had a nosebleed as a child, the elders shouted “tilt your head, tilt your head to stop the nosebleed” “which side of the nosebleed, the bleeding side of the arm up” exactly this ancient “native method “Is it right? Truth Tilting your head to stop nosebleeds is not advisable. The blood vessels in our nasal cavity are densely distributed and sensitive, and most of the nosebleeds are caused by the rupture of capillaries. And tilting the head, although it seems to stop the outflow of blood, but will cause the blood to flow inward. When nosebleed flows down the nose or throat and into the esophagus and stomach, it may cause symptoms of nausea and vomiting. If the bleeding is relatively large, it may also flow into the trachea and cause suffocation. The correct treatment of nosebleed 1. Compression to stop bleeding: Generally, patients with a small amount of bleeding can achieve the effect of compression to stop bleeding by gently pressing from both sides of the nostrils toward the middle nasal bridge, or filling the nasal cavity with cotton balls and other methods. However, in daily life, you should not often stuff tissues or cotton balls into the nasal cavity to wipe nasal snot, scratching, etc., because repeated friction will damage the mucosa of the nasal cavity and thus cause nasal bleeding, so that the original nasal bleeding aggravates or does not heal after a long time; 2, low head: slightly lower the head, so that nosebleeds from the nostrils, thumb and forefinger pinch the bleeding part of the nose, the strength of the blood basically does not flow, about 5 minutes nosebleeds can stop; 3, use a cold towel on the head: use a cold towel on the head, use a cold towel on the head. 3, cold towel on the head: use a cold water bag or wet towel on the forehead or the back of the neck, in order to promote vasoconstriction and reduce bleeding; 4, seek medical attention: when the patient bleeds a lot, the bleeding point is often located in the back of the nasal cavity or nasopharynx, self-stop bleeding is not effective, meaning that it may be thicker blood vessels or hemangioma rupture bleeding, or the previously mentioned systemic diseases caused by coagulation dysfunction, at this time should immediately go to the nearby Remember to spit out the blood on the way and do not swallow it. Prevention of nosebleeds Avoid frequent nose picking, nose rubbing and nose blowing in daily life. When the weather is dry, pay attention to moisturizing, besides adding humidity to the air through humidifiers, you can also apply some localized aureomycin ointment to lubricate the nasal mucosa. References Sun Jinjin, Jiang Xingzhao. Common methods of stopping nasal bleeding [J]. Chinese community physicians, 2003(24):17-17. Hu Yulan. How to deal with nosebleeds in children[J]. Liberation Army Health, 2011(1):32-32.