Causes of epistaxis

summary

Epistaxis, also known as epistaxis, is a common acute phenomenon. Some epistaxis occurs in unilateral nostrils and some in bilateral nostrils. If the amount of epistaxis is not too much, it will not cause any serious consequences. If the amount of epistaxis is large and can not stop, it can cause hemorrhagic coma or shock. Long term epistaxis may lead to anemia. So, what is the cause of epistaxis, let's analyze it.

Causes of epistaxis

First of all, there are many causes of epistaxis, but there are only two categories, one is caused by the diseases of the nasal cavity itself, the other is caused by systemic diseases. For nasal bleeding caused by nasal diseases, there are about nasal injury, nasal inflammation and nasal tumor or foreign body in the nasal cavity.

Secondly, there are several kinds of systemic diseases causing epistaxis. First, hemorrhagic diseases and blood diseases; The second is the structural and functional defects of the vascular wall; Second, the patient developed acute febrile infectious diseases; Fourth, patients with cardiovascular diseases, other systemic diseases may also lead to epistaxis.

In addition, once the phenomenon of epistaxis is found, the most important thing for patients or their families is to stop bleeding. The most commonly used and simple method is finger pressing method, which is to pinch the patient's bilateral nasal wings with fingers and press the bleeding nasal wings to the nasal septum until there is no more bleeding.

matters needing attention

If the bleeding can't stop, you should hold the nasal cavity first and go to the hospital as soon as possible to avoid excessive bleeding and shock; To prevent epistaxis, we must keep the environment moist and fresh, do not let people with nasal diseases stay in a particularly dry environment.