Showing posts with label causes and remedies. Show all posts
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Sunday, June 9, 2013

Nosebleed: Myths, causes and remedies



Nose Bleed
Bleeding through the nose is a condition that is common in young and adult. But sufferers have always employed a wrong tactic to stop it, writes MOTUNRAYO JOEL
Five-year-old Joy Azu’s mother was terrified when she noticed that her daughter was bleeding through the nose. She placed a pillow behind her head, slightly bending it backward. It worked as the flow slowly stopped but it took two years for little Azu to be free of the condition as it continued to re-occur because the pillow solution was ineffective.
Describing his fear when he noticed the flow of blood through his nose at seven, Iniobong Effiong, who is now a teenager, said the period was challenging and emotionally tasking for his parents.
His nosebleed lasted for more than a year and his mother had no idea of how to handle his condition.
“Because I was young, I had no idea of what was happening to me. I tried to blow it out but it got worse and my mother had little knowledge of its treatment. She later learnt that the safe position when it occurs is to push the head backward, using a soft object like a pillow to support the neck. It stopped after a year,” he said.
Apart from children, adults too experience nose bleeding.  At 37, Segun Olanrewaju still suffers bleeding through the nose.