What causes nosebleeds in children at night?

Some children are normal during the day, but some mothers report that they find their children bleeding from the nose while they are asleep in the middle of the night and they don’t know why. In fact, if the child is still breastfeeding, the most likely possibility is that the mother herself has eaten something too hot. In this case, the mother can try to change her diet. Another problem is that the indoor environment is dry, which causes the nasal mucosa to bleed easily. Mothers can humidify the room or use a cotton swab dipped in water to moisten the baby's nose and lips.

If the baby is breastfed, the mother should be careful not to eat very hot food during this period. Also, you can reduce the time spent in air-conditioning, humidify the room appropriately, give the baby more water, and moisten the baby's nostrils with a cotton swab dipped in warm water with a small amount of salt every day. This will improve the baby's nosebleed after a period of time.

Nosebleeds may be caused by dry air, which makes the nasal mucosa dry, fragile, and prone to bleeding. You can go to the hospital to get some paraffin oil or peppermint oil to apply to your nasal cavity, or you can ask a doctor to check and burn the blood vessels in your nasal cavity to avoid frequent bleeding. You should also check your blood for blood system diseases, and check your ENT department for nasal septum deviation, etc. You should drink more water, eat more vegetables, and avoid pinching your nose.

Nosebleed, medically known as "epistaxis", is mostly caused by "lung dryness and blood heat", which leads to dryness of the nasal cavity, insufficient toughness of capillaries and rupture. If not treated promptly and the disease progresses over time, it will have serious consequences, such as nasal mucosal atrophy, anemia, memory loss, poor vision, decreased immunity, and even ischemic shock, which is life-threatening.

Children are lively and active and often injure their noses accidentally, causing nosebleeds. In addition, they may also put foreign objects into their nostrils out of curiosity, causing damage to the nasal mucosa. The above situation may occur at any time, and the amount of blood flowing out is very small, so there is no need to worry too much.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the causes of nosebleeds can be divided into two categories: dryness and heat and weakness. If you have frequent nosebleeds and also suffer from nasal allergies, with yellow or green nasal discharge, or if your lips are often red and you have bad breath, then you are suffering from very dry heat. First of all, of course, we need to clear away heat. More importantly, we should not let him eat too much delicious food on a daily basis. Snacks such as chocolate, cookies, French chips, etc. are also very heaty and should be eaten as little as possible.

When your child has a nosebleed, you can treat it at home. First of all, parents should stay calm and take some simple and easy methods to stop nosebleeds according to local conditions, such as pushing the nostril on the bleeding side towards the nasal septum and applying pressure for a few minutes, or inserting a sterilized dry cotton ball into the bleeding nasal cavity and then applying pressure; in addition, you can apply a wet towel or ice pack on the child's forehead; you can also use your thumb and index finger to pinch both sides of the base of the child's middle finger nail, pinch the left side for right nose bleeding and the right side for left nose bleeding. After the above treatment, most children's nose bleeding can be stopped. If it is ineffective, you should immediately go to the ENT department of a nearby hospital for treatment.

In addition, there are some children who have long-term, recurrent nosebleeds that are difficult to heal. The amount of bleeding each time is not much, and no blood disease is found when they go to the hospital for examination. However, as time goes by, they often develop secondary anemia, which will affect their normal growth and development. The cause of this recurrent nosebleed is not quite clear. It is medically called idiopathic nosebleed, commonly known as "sandy nose".