Epistaxis - Causes and Effects - Prevention and Treatment?

Question

I suffer from Epistaxis for sometime now, my doctor said it is caused by hypertention, exessive drinking, anxiety. I dont know what to think, I been treating for anxiety with help of some drugs that my doc recommned and epistaxis eased up by it self. But I am still in dark about the real cause. I want to know what causes epistaxis and pre-cautions.

Answer 1

Your causes that have been told to you are excessing drinking, anxiety, and hypertention (high blood pressure).

Excessive drinking: causes vasodilation (more blood flow in blood vessels) which leads to a greater possibility to have an episode.

Hypertension: high blood pressure will push the blood through your blood vessels more rapidly, which can cause an episode.

Anxiety: the body reacts by vasodilation and increased blood pressure, as you can guess..that would also possibly cause it to occur.

Epistaxis is common, and some people are just more dispositioned to have nose bleeds for simple reasons. Don't stress out about it too much. Just treat it when it comes with either putting pressure on your gumline just at your maxilla and under the nasal region, use gauze etc.

Just keep in mind anytime you increase the blood flow in your body its possible that it might occur.

Answer 2

Treatment
The flow of blood normally stops when the blood clots, which may be encouraged by direct pressure and reducing the blood pressure in the head by sitting upright with the head tilted forward for about 10 minutes. Tilting the head back is not advised, as it can lead to blood flowing into the respitory system, and possibly resulting in death.

Petroleum jelly is sometimes applied to stop the blood from seeping out of and prohibit the loss of moisture in the nasal cavity. However, the jelly can drain into the lungs producing a buildup that leads to lipoid pneumonia. [1]

If other techniques do not work, an anterior packing is a possible remedy. An anterior pack works by applying pressure from the inside of the cavity, thus stopping the bleeding. This procedure can be performed at home for minor nosebleeds by gently packing tissue or gauze into the nasal cavity. Nasal sponges[2] are readily available at most drugstores and supermarkets.

If bleeding continues, seeking emergency medical attention is important. Continued bleeding is an indication of more serious underlying conditions.[3] First aid includes inserting either a balloon inflated nasal tampon or dry hydrophilic nasal tampon.[4]

Chronic epistaxis resulting from a dry nasal mucosa is often treated by spraying saline in the nose up to three times per day. There are also non-petroleum based gels that can be used.

Persistent epistaxis is an indication for urgent medical consultation. Nasal packing, cryosurgery, electrocautery or application of trichloroacetic acid are options that may be used in severe epistaxis.

It is uncommon to die from bleeding through nosebleeds. However, damage to the maxillary artery can lead to rapid blood loss via the nose and present difficulty in treatment, pressure, vasoconstrictor and rhinocort occasionally proving ineffective. Ligation of the artery, risking damage to the facial nerves, may be the only solution.

A simple treatment for those who have nosebleed on a regular basis is to increase your daily dietary fiber intake. This would make the blood coagulation faster and help quickly stop the hemorrhage.

Nevertheless, severe protracted nosebleeds may cause anemia due to iron deficiency.

If a nosebleed lasts for more than 15 minutes, occurs following a serious injury, or is accompanied by severe blood loss, you should call your doctor or go to the emergency room.

Answer 3

Epistaxis Wiki

Answer 4

causes humid places smoke stay up late harsh soaps excessive expose to sunlight prevention stay away to smokey places eat vegetables wear protective clothes from sunlight use gentle and mild soap sleep early treatment lotion with moisturazer every day

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Answer 6

Trauma, allergic rhinitis, hypertension as a blow off for extreme levels. Get your hypertension under good medical control.