Contents:
- Medical Video: What Causes Nosebleeds
- The various causes of nosebleeds that you need to know
- 1. Picking noses
- 2. Dry air
- 3. Using blood thinning drugs
- 4. Certain conditions or diseases
Medical Video: What Causes Nosebleeds
The discharge of blood from the nose certainly makes you panic. Although generally nosebleeds can be overcome easily, but that does not mean you can just ignore them. Because the nosebleed can be a sign and symptom of a serious illness. One of them is cancer. Come on, find out more about the causes of nosebleeds, and when you should be vigilant!
The various causes of nosebleeds that you need to know
Knowing what causes you nosebleeds is important, so you can quickly decide whether the condition can still be overcome by yourself or need medical treatment from a doctor.
The following are various causes of nosebleeds from the most common ones to those that need to be watched out for.
1. Picking noses
Hayo ... Who of you likes funpick your nose wear fingers? Although making your nose more relieved, this habit can make a nosebleed, you know! Especially if it's done with fingers with long nails. Nails can scratch the lining of the inside of the nose which is very thin and hit the top blood vessels, so that nosebleeds are the result. This is the most common cause of nosebleeds.
A good and correct way to clean the nose is to wet the nasal cavity first with water. Moist nose drops will be easier to remove.
2. Dry air
The nose has very sensitive vessels. Dry air can cause the lining of the nose to dry up to crack and eventually bleed. In addition, changes in temperature from the damp outer environment into a warmer and drier home will make the nose more prone to nosebleeds.
You can get around the dry air by adjusting the humidifier in the room.
3. Using blood thinning drugs
NSAID pain medications such as aspirin or ibuprofen have side effects to thin the blood. There are also drugs that are prescribed as blood thinners (anticoagulant drugs), such as warfarin or heparin.
These drugs work to prevent blood clots that cause you to have easy nosebleeds, which are sometimes even difficult to stop. Consult with your doctor to give other types of drugs so that you no longer have frequent nosebleeds.
4. Certain conditions or diseases
There are many conditions or diseases whose symptoms are frequent nosebleeds, including:
- Liver disease.
- Kidney illness.
- Alcoholism.
- Hypertension.
- Colds, flu, sinusitis, or allergies.
- Cancer (nose and throat cancer / nasopharyngeal carcinoma, leukemia, lymphoma).
If you have frequent nosebleeds more than once a day, immediately check with your doctor to get a diagnosis and the right treatment so that it doesn't get worse.
