Growing up, nosebleeds are a common occurrence. The common action everyone takes is: raise your head and stuff a tissue!

However, after a mother in Hangzhou followed this traditional method, her child actually vomited a pool of "blood"! Afterwards, the mother discovered that she had done everything wrong, and she had "trapped her baby" a lot.

His nosebleeds were repeated, and he vomited "blood" all over the floor.

Six-year-old Wenwen has been a child with nosebleeds since he was a child. Nosebleeds are commonplace, and everyone in his family is surprised. No wonder.

After the Spring Festival, Wenwen’s old habit of nosebleeds returned. That night, Wenwen suddenly shouted: "Mom, I have a nosebleed!" When he turned on the light, he saw that Wenwen's face was covered with blood, and there was blood on the sheets and quilt. Her mother quickly tore up a piece of blood. She took a piece of paper towel, rolled it into a ball skillfully, and stuffed it into Wenwen's nose. The amount of bleeding was so heavy that I had to change it two or three times in a row. When Wenwen stopped bleeding, he quickly let her lie down to sleep.

The next morning, Wenwen's nosebleed started to drip again. Look up! Stuff a tissue! The exact same operation was performed again, and soon the nosebleed stopped. Unexpectedly, a few minutes later, Wenwen pulled out the paper ball and nosebleeds came out again. Look up again! More paper towels! I had nosebleeds several times in a row, and my mother used this skillful method to "stop" the bleeding. I thought this time would be the same as before...

Who knew that at noon, Wenwen felt sick and wanted to vomit, her face turned pale, and she vomited out dark brown liquid all over the floor. Bloody liquid. Wenwen's parents were frightened, they were vomiting blood! The two people quickly drove Wenwen to Hangzhou First People's Hospital! After doing a series of routine blood tests and ruling out gastrointestinal bleeding and blood diseases, the doctor recommended that she be transferred to the otolaryngology department for consultation. After further questioning and examination, Li Yong, the director of the otolaryngology department who received the diagnosis, immediately found the "real culprit" of the vomiting of blood - epistaxis.

It turned out that when Wenwen had a nosebleed, he raised his head inappropriately, causing part of the nosebleed to be swallowed into his stomach. When the amount of blood reaches a certain level, it can cause nausea and vomiting. Because the blood in the vomit is mixed with stomach acid, it appears dark brown.

Raise your head, stuff a tissue... Please blacklist these methods to stop bleeding

Like Wenwen, because of the nose Cases of bleeding resulting in "vomiting blood" are not isolated cases in outpatient clinics. Li Yong said that ordinary nosebleeds will not cause "vomiting blood". Wenwen's situation was caused by improper hemostasis. In the outpatient clinic, more than eight out of ten patients with nosebleeds will use wrong hemostatic methods to stop bleeding. A little carelessness will cause adverse consequences.

Director Li specifically listed several wrong ways to stop bleeding and reminded parents to pay attention to lightning protection.

A. Tilt your head

This is the most common method, but in fact, tilting your head does not stop the bleeding, it just changes the flow direction of the nosebleed, and the nosebleed will follow the throat and esophagus If a large amount of nosebleeds is swallowed into the stomach, symptoms such as nausea and vomiting will occur. The vomitus will look scary because it is mixed with gastric juice and brown bloody substances, and may even lead to black stools.

B. Stuff paper towels

The ubiquitous paper towels have become the most commonly used hemostatic props for parents. In fact, paper towels are relatively fluffy and cannot produce strong pressure, making it difficult to stop bleeding quickly. Moreover, the surface of the paper towel is rough, and repeated plugging of the eroded mucous membrane will aggravate the damage. The paper towel is also easy to scab on the wound. Once pulled out, it will cause new ulcers and prolong the bleeding time.

C. Flushing cold water and raising hands

These two methods have no scientific basis. There is no direct relationship between the amount of bleeding and the temperature of the environment.

So, what should you do if you have nosebleeds? Li Yong recommended the simplest trick. Just lower your head slightly and pinch the wings of your nose with your hands for 3 minutes, which can basically stop the bleeding. This is because nosebleeds generally occur in the front of the nasal cavity, and the normal clotting time is only about 2-3 minutes. Therefore, as long as you gently pinch the bleeding point and hold it for a while, you can stop the bleeding. This is the simplest and most effective way.

If you have frequent nosebleeds, you should consider allergic rhinitis

"Nowadays, more and more children are seeing nosebleeds, and more than a dozen cases can be encountered in each outpatient clinic." Li Yong said , nose bleeding is a very common symptom, especially among children. Statistics once showed that more than one-third of school-age children have a history of nosebleeds, mainly between the ages of 2 and 14.

Nose bleeding often appears to be heavy bleeding, and many parents associate nose bleeding with leukemia. In this regard, Li Yong said that there are many reasons for nosebleeds, such as dry air, trauma, foreign bodies in the nasal cavity, distorted nasal septum, tumors, blood diseases, etc. Don't panic, these are extremely rare events, and the investigation is relatively simple. They can be found through routine examinations and blood tests.

"In fact, more than 95% of nosebleeds come from allergic rhinitis." Li Yong said. The nasal mucosa of patients with rhinitis is particularly fragile and may cause erosion and other conditions.

Inflammation can cause discomfort in the nose, and children can't help but pick or rub their noses, so these children's noses are particularly prone to nosebleeds. If a child has repeated nosebleeds, it is likely that he has allergic rhinitis. This kind of rhinitis usually has no obvious symptoms and is easily misdiagnosed.

Li Yong pointed out that allergic rhinitis has various manifestations and can be divided into sneezing type, runny nose type, epistaxis type, nasal congestion type, coughing type, hyperactivity type, etc. according to the symptoms.

Some allergic rhinitis does not even have very typical symptoms. It only shows like winking and winking, and is misdiagnosed as tics. Therefore, if you have the above symptoms, it is best to go to a regular hospital and find a professional doctor to check.

Correspondent Li Xu

Voice of West Lake Popcorn Summer

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