Severe nasal bleeding in the child

Severe nasal bleeding in a child is always a reason for a parent's panic. After all, we can not pinpoint what happened? The causes of nosebleeds can be quite a lot, and they all require some kind of their attitude to the situation. In our today's article, we will talk about what causes such bleeding and what first aid we should give to our children in this case.

First, we discuss the following question: what are the causes of severe nasal bleeding in a child? First, immediately note the possibility that the child simply damaged the nasal mucosa, which caused a flow of blood. If the nasal passages dry up - it can also trigger bleeding in the baby. Severe bleeding from the nose can also be the first signal that the child has malfunctioning internal organs, and possibly even very serious ones. If the vessels are affected, and the blood ceases to coagulate normally, then such serious bleeding may occur.

Sometimes nosebleeds are not a sign of a serious illness. Simply mucous nasal membranes in the child have a special anatomical structure: for example, the number and diameter of the vessels and how deep they are located in the nasal cavity, significantly differ from the norm.

However, you must remember that if your baby has a nosebleed too often - you simply have to take him to a doctor so that he sends the child for further examination.

So, what should be your actions in case your child for some reason suddenly started bleeding from the nose, and very strong? Consider the sequence of actions of emergency care:

1. Put the child on a chair, ask him to give his shoulders a little forward.

2. Either you, or the child himself, if he is already old enough and clever for this procedure, should press the two fingers with the wings of the affected spout. And not for 15 seconds, but at least ten minutes, after which the pressure can stop.

3. It is necessary to apply something cold to the bridge of the nose. It can be a bit of ice that you scraped in the fridge; Ice cream from the freezer, which can then be eaten as a prize; compress with cold water; any product from the refrigerator - in short, everything that your imagination will last.

4. Mouth must be rinsed without fail, and using not warm, but cold water.

5. At the end of ten minutes, while you are holding the baby's nose, make sure that the bleeding has stopped. If it is still there, then hold the nose for another ten minutes, let the baby suffer a little.

6. If you have repeated the procedure of squeezing the nozzle twice for ten minutes, and the bleeding is still strong, and does not even try to stop - then you need to immediately seek help from any medical institution.

There are several urgent recommendations that doctors give to children who have a rather severe nosebleed. First and foremost, it is undesirable for the toddler to be active, put him on a chair and do not let him move particularly. Also, ask not to talk without special need, this can increase nosebleeds. It is also advisable to avoid coughing, try to persuade the child to suffer and do not cough up while the blood is coming from the nose. The same goes for blowouts - this action provokes an increase in blood flow. Also it is forbidden to pick a nose with your finger, even if it itches very much. Convince the crumb to suffer, because from carding will only get worse: the child will damage the mucous even more. Well, the last - it is extremely undesirable for a child to swallow blood during a bleeding.

As for breathing, doctors recommend breathing with the mouth, not only directly during bleeding, but also after it for an hour or two, if possible.

Now let's talk about the prevention of nasal bleeding. What you need to do in order to reduce the amount of bleeding to a minimum? And are there such magical actions?

1. As we have already said, a strong nosebleed may be caused by the fact that the mucous membrane of the nasal passages is too dry. Therefore, in the first place, you need to make sure that the air in the room where the child is most often sleeping and sleeping is cool and damp. It will be best to maintain the temperature in the range of 18-20 °, the optimum moisture index is 50-70%.

2. If your baby often has a nasal mucosa drying out, take it as a rule to wash the nose with saline solutions - as a preventive measure. The simplest option - buy a pharmacy physiological solution. It is also useful during any acute respiratory illness, during which it is also necessary to wash the nasal passages.

3. The child should know everything about the proper hygiene of the nasal cavity. Since his earliest childhood, teach him to use handkerchiefs, and not to pick at the nose with his finger, which often leads to cuts of the nasal mucosa and bleeding.

4. If your child has such trouble as frequent constipation, and nosebleeds often occur when the baby is trying to strain, then you should contact the doctor with this problem. Perhaps he will advise you not to torment your child and prescribe laxatives.

As you can see, there are a lot of reasons why nosebleeds can occur. Parents should know about them in order to understand the seriousness of the situation and, in case of anything, take the child to the hospital. In addition, every adult should know the procedure for bleeding in a child. And then everything will end safely! Although it is best to try to prevent the occurrence of nasal bleeding with the help of the above-described preventive methods. Especially if you know that the mucous membrane of your baby's spout is prone to drying out.