💭 What to do when a child's nose bleeds accidentally? They say that putting the child to bed can also have the opposite effect. Is that true?
🔅 If the child is bleeding from the nose, it is impossible to put him to bed. Because blood can flow to the head in a horizontal position. In case of severe bleeding, the child may be blocked by bleeding from the back of the nasopharyngeal wall. When bleeding from the nose, it is advisable to do the following:
1. Place the child on a chair or bed and put a high pillow on his back.
2. He blows his nose well. If blood remains in the nasal cavity, the nasal mucosa may not contract properly and the bleeding may not stop.
3. Now it will be possible to drip into the nasal cavity drops that constrict blood vessels - Naftizin, Sanorin, Galazolin.
4. The cotton ball is made into a round shape, moistened in a 3% hydrogen peroxide solution, inserted into the nasal cavity, and the nostrils are slightly compressed with the help of the thumb.
5. Soaking a clean gauze in cold water or placing an ice cube in a plastic bag will also help.
6. A child older than 5 years should drink 2-3 tablets of ascorbic acid and a tablespoon of 10% calcium chloride solution.
🔰 It is necessary to show to the doctor
Usually, the bleeding stops after such procedures, but the child should still be seen by a doctor. Because the bleeding can recur, or continue unnoticed by others (flowing from the back wall of the nasal cavity). If the child involuntarily swallows the flowing blood, he may vomit blood, and sometimes the condition may become worse as a result of a lot of blood loss.
The real cause of frequent nosebleeds (blood coagulation disorders or other blood diseases, menstrual disorders in girls, pathological expansion of blood vessels, nasal tumors, liver, heart and lung pathologies) must be determined by a doctor. must be determined later. If bleeding occurs after surgery, you should immediately call a doctor and hospitalize the patient. If bleeding occurs as a result of foreign objects entering the nose, it is not appropriate to try to remove it arbitrarily. Because it can pass from the nasal cavity to the respiratory organs, causing blockage and suffocation. In this case, it is necessary to consult a doctor immediately.
