What is the reason for sudden nosebleed

Although nosebleed is a common phenomenon in life, there are many reasons causing nosebleed. After stopping the nosebleed, you need to find out the cause of the nosebleed. If the nosebleed is caused by some disease, you need to go to the hospital for examination and treatment. Many times nosebleeds occur suddenly, which often makes people feel very scared. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that nosebleeds are caused by the upward reverse flow of qi and blood.

Local causes

1. Primary: Clinically, many patients cannot find a clear cause of nose bleeding, which is more common in children or adolescents. The bleeding site is mostly in the Lee area of ​​the nasal septum and is easy to stop on its own.

2. Traumatic: Damage to the nasal mucosa when picking the nose is a common cause of nosebleeds.

3. Nasal septum deviation and perforation.

4. Nasal inflammation: such as acute rhinitis, sinusitis, atrophic rhinitis, etc.

5. Tumor: Benign or malignant tumors in the nasal cavity, sinuses or nasopharynx can cause nosebleeds.

6. Environmental factors: dry air and low air pressure can easily cause nose bleeding. Dry air in air-conditioned rooms can also cause nose bleeding.

Systemic causes

1. Hypertension and arteriosclerosis.

2. Increased venous pressure.

3. Systemic hemorrhagic diseases: such as coagulation mechanism disorders, platelet abnormalities or capillary lesions.

4. Endocrine disorders

Commonly used external hemostatic methods are as follows:

1. Cold compress method: apply a towel soaked in cold water or an ice pack to the patient's forehead or neck.

2. The compression method is to use your fingers to rub the patient's hairline 1-2 inches in the midline, or pinch one or both sides of the nose to stop bleeding.

3. The guiding method is to soak the patient's feet in warm water, or mash garlic and apply it to the Yongquan acupoint on the sole of the foot. It has the effect of drawing heat downward and helping to stop bleeding.

4. For nasal drops, grind scented ink into a concentrated juice and drop it into the nose. You can also use nose drops or 1% to 3% ephedrine solution.

5. The nasal blowing method uses powders of blood residue charcoal, puffball, herb frost, Panax notoginseng powder, Yunnan Baiyao, etc. to blow into the nasal cavity. You can also put the above medicines on cotton pads, stick them on the bleeding area, or fill the nasal cavity.

6. If the above methods of nasal packing fail to stop the bleeding, gelatin sponge or vaseline gauze can be used to pack the affected nasal cavity; if the bleeding still fails to stop, posterior nasal packing can be performed.