Nose Emergency
Alternate Names : Nose Trauma, Nose Injury
A nose emergency involves a significant loss of blood, injury, or blockage of the nose that interferes with breathing.
What are the causes and risks of the injury?
Some of the causes of nosebleeds are as follows:
being exposed to very cold or very dry air
continually blowing the nose
doing strenuous exercise
foreign bodies in the nose
getting hit in the nose
having allergies
having high blood pressure
picking the nose
taking large doses of aspirin or other blood-thinning medications
using nasal sprays that dry the mucosa
A foreign body in the nose may be caused by the following:
deliberately inserting a small object, such as a bean, into the nostril
having the airway packed in a healthcare setting
playing or roughhousing
A nose fracture may be caused by the following:
being flung into a hard object, such as in a motor vehicle accident
being hit on the side of the nose, such as in a
fistfight
running into a hard object, such as another player's helmet during football
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