How to stop the blood from the nose?

All of us have repeatedly experienced nosebleeds. The reasons for this phenomenon can be a lot - from the effects of dry air to the presence of serious diseases of internal organs. Most often, the nose is bleeding due to the destruction of the capillaries lining the mucous membrane.

Why does the nose bleed?

Among the main factors leading to the flow of blood, distinguish:

• viral pathologies (eg, influenza);
• diseases that occur with a violation of blood coagulability (for problems with the liver, spleen);
• esophageal, pulmonary, intracranial hemorrhages;
• pathology, accompanied by the sedimentation of the walls of blood vessels (with avitaminosis and arteriosclerosis of blood vessels );
• blood from the nose, dizziness and nausea may indicate a high blood pressure observed with high blood pressure;
• heart defects and kidney problems;
• the presence of tumors in the nasal cavity (papilloma, polyp, cancer) also provokes nasal bleeding;
• hormonal failure (during pregnancy or menopause);
• In children, most often the blood goes with picking the nose and damage to the mucous by foreign objects.

Blood from the nose - first aid

To stop the blood from the nose an important action is to conduct pre-hospital care. To stop nasal bleeding it is necessary to perform the following actions:

1. Sit and tilt your head slightly forward, sit in this position for a couple of minutes. Usually such actions help to cope with bleeding.
2. Quickly stop the blood from the nose can be by stuck in the nasal passages soaked in hydrogen peroxide pieces of cotton wool or just to hold the wings of the nose by two minutes.
3. It is important for the patient to organize complete peace. It is important to ensure that he does not tilt his head in order to avoid the outflow of blood into the nasopharynx. If it does happen, you should immediately spit it.
4. It is forbidden to blow your nose, as this slows the formation of a clot, which can stop clogging the damaged vessels.
5. If the blood does not stop from the nose for fifteen minutes, then an ambulance should be called.

It is necessary to make sure that the patient lies on his back, and his head was turned to the side. A cold compress is applied to the nose with ice. If there is a slight flow of blood, you can try to stop it, holding your nose for a while.

Blood from the nose - treatment

The patient is given cold and presses the wings of the nose to the septum. If the blood begins to flow again, the affected area of ​​the nose is burned with chromic acid or lapis, and treated with aminocaproic acid (5%).

If the center of bleeding is located in the back or middle portion of the nose, then a tamponade of the outer part of the nose is performed. The procedure is as follows:

1. For anesthesia, the mucosa is treated with a solution of dicaine (2%).
2. A gauze tampon, about 70 cm long, is moistened with vaseline oil.
3. It is injected into the nasal passageway.
4. Remove the tampon after one or two days.

The posterior tamponade is performed if the bleeding is observed in the back of the nose:

1. First, a rubber catheter is inserted through the nose and out through the mouth.
2. Then, attach a string to the tube from the tampon and pull it back.
3. Do anterior tamponade.

Leave tampons for no more than two days, as their prolonged stay increases the risk of infection of the middle ear.

To improve blood clotting, the patient is injected intravenously with calcium and sodium etamzilate, vitamin C, aminocaproic acid, intramuscularly, vikasol. In severe situations, blood, plasma and platelet transfusions are performed and carotid ligation is performed.