Most NOSE BLEEDS come from
a rich blood supply on the thin inner wall of your nose called the
septum.
For most nosebleeds no cause can be found.
But some causes of nosebleed are from:
- Trauma
such as nose picking.
- Nose infections.
- Drying out
of your nose lining in heated rooms.
- High blood
pressure
in the elderly.
- Cancer
of the nose - rare.
- Leukemia, hemophilia
and other bleeding disorders - rare.
Treatment of Nose Bleeds:
Most nose bleeds can be stopped by simply pinching
your nose - like a pool diver - for ten minutes while sitting
up breathing through your mouth. Don't blow your nose hard
after that for at least a day.
More severe cases have to be treated at a hospital
where the nose will be packed with material to compress the bleeding
vessels for 24 hours.
