How to deal with children’s nose bleeding due to picking their nose?

Children are prone to nosebleeds, so parents should supervise their children and take preventive measures. For example, in dry seasons, parents should help moisturize their children's nasal mucosa through various means. In addition, parents should correct their children's eating habits to avoid long-term picky eating. It is worth mentioning that children often pick their noses, and excessive force can cause nosebleeds. At this time, you should follow the following methods to deal with it.

Treatment of nosebleeds in children:

Nosebleeds in children are an emergency and should be stopped promptly if they occur. A simple method is to plug the bleeding nostril with a sterilized cotton ball or pinch both nostrils with your thumb and index finger; you can also press the affected nostril with your index finger for 5-10 minutes to stop the bleeding. At this time, you should try to keep your child quiet and avoid crying. It is best to let the child sit with his head slightly tilted forward, and try to spit out the blood swallowed from the nasopharynx into the mouth. This will not only let you know the amount of bleeding but also avoid swallowing the nosebleed into the stomach, which will irritate the stomach and cause abdominal pain and vomiting. If the amount of bleeding is large and there are precursor symptoms of hemorrhagic shock such as pale complexion, sweating, rapid heart rate, and poor spirits, the patient should be placed in a semi-recumbent position and sent to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.

When treating in the hospital, the doctor will give appropriate treatment based on the location of the nose and the amount of blood. Nosebleeds in children often occur in the "Li's area" in the front third of the nasal septum, which is rich in blood vessels. If bleeding occurs repeatedly, local treatment with freezing, microwaves and chemical drugs can be used. For smaller amounts of nosebleeds, you can also use nasal drops containing 1% ephedrine to stop the bleeding by constricting the blood vessels.

It should be emphasized that the treatment of nosebleeds should start with the cause. If the nosebleed is caused by various rhinitis, the rhinitis should be treated first; if the nosebleed is caused by trauma or foreign body in the nose, the trauma should be treated and the foreign body should be removed; if the nosebleed is caused by a whole blood disease, such as scarlet fever, upper respiratory tract infection and blood disease, including leukemia, hemophilia, thrombocytopenic purpura, etc., then these diseases should be treated.

Diet therapy:

Crucian carp gypsum stewed tofu

1 crucian carp weighing about 150 grams, 200 grams of tofu, and 30 grams of gypsum. After slaughtering and cleaning the fish, put it into the pot together with the tofu and gypsum, add appropriate amount of water and boil for 1 hour. Season with salt and it is ready to eat. Young children can only drink the soup without eating the residue to prevent fish bones from choking in the throat. It has the effects of clearing lung heat, reducing stomach fire and stopping nosebleeds.

Shengdi Ergen Drink

Take 30g each of fresh Rehmannia glutinosa, fresh Imperata cylindrica root and 50g of fresh Phragmites australis, decocted in water, 1 dose per day instead of tea, for 7 to 10 days, it can clear away heat, cool blood and stop bleeding.

Fresh lotus root juice drink

Wash 300g of fresh lotus root, grind it and squeeze out about 50-100ml of juice; take 50ml each time, mix with a small amount of sugar, stew and then drink. It can clear away heat, relieve summer heat, cool blood and stop bleeding.

Daylily and lean meat soup

30 grams of day lily (dried, soaked and washed), 100 grams of lean pork, and 2 candied dates, put them into a pot, add appropriate amount of water and simmer for 1 hour, season with salt and serve. It has the effects of clearing heat and calming the liver, moistening dryness and stopping nosebleeds.

Stewed lean meat with donkey hide gelatin

Put 6 grams of donkey-hide gelatin and 30 grams of lean meat (sliced) in a bowl, add appropriate amount of boiling water, cover and simmer for 1 hour, add a little salt to taste and serve. It has the functions of nourishing yin and blood and stopping nosebleeds.