What to do if your three-year-old baby has a bleeding nose

When the climate is relatively dry, many parents will find that their babies have nosebleeds. However, this always makes parents particularly worried, because long-term nosebleeds can cause malnutrition and even anemia in babies, which is also particularly detrimental to the baby's growth. If such symptoms occur, we must find a way to help the baby completely alleviate this symptom. Let’s take a look at what to do if a three-year-old baby has a nosebleed?

Common factors that trigger nosebleeds include:

1. The climate is dry. The nasal mucosa likes moisture and dislikes dryness. No matter in the clear and cool autumn season or in the cold twelfth lunar month, as long as the indoor and outdoor climate is dry, nose bleeding is prone to occur.

2. Fever. When you have a fever, your heart rate speeds up, your blood flows faster, and your small blood vessels expand. In addition, when you have a fever, you drink less water and sweat more, which can easily cause nose bleeding when your mouth is dry.

3. Trauma. Picking your nose with your hands can damage the nasal mucosa and cause blood vessels to rupture; nasal trauma such as falls or bumps; foreign objects in the nasal cavity; or sometimes external forces such as coughing, sneezing, and blowing your nose hard can damage the nasal mucosa and cause nose bleeding. Therefore, nose bleeding should be prevented by targeting the underlying cause.

What to do if your three-year-old baby has nose bleeding

1. First, stay calm, and immediately use your thumb and index finger to pinch the nostrils on both sides towards the nasal septum and apply pressure to stop the bleeding.

2. Tilt your head forward, face downward and breathe with your mouth open, or lie down and elevate your head. Never raise your head, as this will cause you to swallow the blood. If you spit out too much blood, it may be mistaken for vomiting blood.

3. Soak a towel in cold water and apply it to the base of the nose to cause the blood vessels to contract and stop the bleeding.

4. Use sterilized cotton, gauze or toilet paper to block the bleeding area and press on the ruptured blood vessels to stop the bleeding. If the bleeding still does not stop after blockage, or blood comes out of the mouth through the throat, you should go to the hospital's otolaryngology emergency department immediately and do not delay.

In addition, it should be noted that frequent nose bleeding may be a local problem of the nose, or it may be a manifestation of a certain disease. Therefore, students who often have nose bleeding should go to the hospital for further examination to avoid delaying the disease.

The above is an introduction to what to do if your three-year-old baby has nose bleeding. After understanding it, when you encounter this symptom, you must help your baby stop the nose bleeding in time. In addition, you must ensure that the air in the baby's environment is not too dry. Pay attention to the nutritional balance of your baby's diet. If nosebleeds occur frequently, you should consult a doctor in time.