Is it serious if a child has a nose bleed? How to treat it?

In the summer, people always have nose bleeding due to various reasons, especially children who are more prone to it because of their poor resistance. Parents must pay attention to nose bleeding and take immediate measures, otherwise it will cause more serious complications. And after stopping the bleeding, it cannot be taken lightly. It is best to take your child to the hospital for a detailed physical examination, so that you can clearly know the specific cause of the disease, and then prescribe the right medicine according to the cause to prevent your child from happening again in the future. In fact, many times it is caused by heatstroke, so parents should pay more attention to their children's health when the weather is hot.

Treatment principles:

1. Apply cold compress. If a small amount of blood is dripping, parents can use ice bags or wet towels to cool the forehead and neck, or rinse the mouth with cold or ice water to constrict blood vessels and reduce bleeding.

2. Press the nose wings. The specific operation is that parents use their thumb and index finger to pinch the nostrils on both sides for about 10 to 20 minutes (if you are sure which nostril is bleeding, you can directly press the bleeding nostril). Many parents first think of using paper towels to block the bleeding. In fact, the pressure of paper towels is usually not enough to stop the bleeding. Moreover, paper towels are not sterilized and can easily induce infection. While compressing the nostrils, sit down with your head slightly tilted forward and downward so that you can spit out the blood in your mouth. Instead of asking their children to hold their heads up like many parents do. Because when the child raises his head, the blood will be swallowed involuntarily, which will irritate the gastrointestinal tract and cause nausea, vomiting, etc. Especially when the amount of bleeding is large, aspiration may occur.

3. Send to hospital promptly. If the nose bleeding cannot be stopped after taking the above measures, or the child is bleeding heavily and is accompanied by pale face, cold sweats, rapid heart rate, etc., the child should be sent to the hospital immediately. In addition, if the child has recurrent nosebleeds, he or she should also go to the hospital for examination to see if there is rhinitis, foreign body in the nasal cavity, nasal and nasopharyngeal tumors or blood disease.

4. Pay attention to your diet. During nosebleed, do not eat hot food or hot drinks. You should eat some warm food rich in protein, vitamins and iron, such as honey water, rice juice, milk, juice, etc., or eat some semi-liquid food, such as porridge, noodles, etc. Avoid tobacco, alcohol, spicy and hard foods, and eat more fresh vegetables and fruits.