During colds, many people may have blood crusts in their nose. If this phenomenon occurred due to a disease, then after recovery everything disappears and the person’s nasal breathing is restored.
Some people may experience clotted blood in their nose all the time, and even morning treatments will not help cope with the problem. In such a situation, it is necessary to consult a doctor, since a similar phenomenon can be associated with serious diseases.
The described condition cannot be left to chance and not treated, since such an attitude can lead to atrophy of the nasal mucous membranes. In this case, purulent discharge from the sinuses occurs, pain and other unpleasant symptoms will be felt in the bridge of the nose.
Why does clotted blood appear?
The main cause of clotted blood in the nose is damage to the mucous membranes. The vessels burst, and the biological fluid enters the cavity of the respiratory organ. Moreover, its quantity is unlikely to be large. Therefore, it quickly dries, bakes. You can detect clotted blood by blowing your nose or rinsing your nose with water.
The mucus released by each person gradually acquires a brown, dark brown or even black color. The insect, which appears at the site of damage, and the colored mucus dry up, adhere to the surface of the nasal mucosa.
The cause of clotted blood may be a cold or a problem may be one of the symptoms of a more serious pathology, in which atrophy of the bone and mucous membranes occurs. In this case, the discharge can have a very unpleasant odor.
Quite often, such crusts appear in those people who suffered infectious diseases in their youth and subsequently experienced repeated inflammation. All this leads to irreversible changes, and in this case it becomes clear why the nose is constantly baked.
If crusts form regularly, dulling of smell, breathing problems, and burning sensations may also be present. If you try to pry off the caked formation, you can cause bleeding.
By the way, a sharp change in climatic conditions, a long stay in a dusty room can also cause clogged blood in the nose.
Symptoms
Other symptoms may be present with this problem:
- a feeling of dryness in the nose;
- excessive amount of crusts;
- specific unpleasant aroma;
- difficulty breathing
- worsening of smell or its loss.
If you have such symptoms, you should seek help from a specialist. Most likely, he will send for rhinoscopy.
The doctor who will conduct the examination will be able to notice a crust in the sinuses, which may be too tight in the nasal mucosa, filling it completely.
Causes
There is no clear answer to the question why there is clotted blood in the nose. Some experts consider this condition as a pathology, others as a degeneration of the mucosa, which leads to bloody dried clots.
It is also believed that the problem may be caused by taking certain hormonal drugs that affect the production of progesterone. This hormone drains the mucous membrane.
Gastric blood in the nose can also be observed in the early days of menstruation. In this situation, an unpleasant phenomenon is associated with a change in the hormonal background, when the body makes maximum efforts to maintain normal functioning. Such activity can lead to insufficient hydration of the nasal mucosa, which contributes to the formation of crusts.
Due to hypothermia or prolonged stress, unpleasant formations can also appear. If a person stays in the cold for a long time, then the nasal mucosa begins to work somewhat differently than usual. It seems to atrophy for a while, which leads to malfunctions.
The main factors that can cause clotted blood in the nose are:
- Colds, in particular rhinitis.
- Nosebleeds. After stopping it, clots may remain.
- Sinusitis, sinusitis, adenoids.
- Taking some antibiotics.
- Atrophic chronic inflammatory process.
- An allergy in which itching or runny nose occurs.
- The appearance of small wounds in the nasal passages.
- Viral diseases.
- Hormonal disbalance.
- Congenital pathologies: curvature of the nasal septum.
- Elderly age.
Living conditions as a cause of gore
Dry air can provoke the appearance of bloody discharge in the nose. Moreover, this factor is considered the most common.
Dry air occurs during the heating season. Production conditions and climate may also be causes. Drying of the nasal mucosa occurs and, as a result, damage to the capillaries.
Medications - a factor in the appearance of blood clots
With frequent use of local remedies for a runny nose, clotted blood may appear in the nose. This is explained by the following: many drugs that are used to alleviate the condition during the common cold have a drying effect on the nasal mucous membranes.
It is recommended to use sprays, drops from a cold only according to indications. In addition, in the intervals between procedures, lubricate the nasal cavity with vegetable oil.
Somatic pathology
If blood in the nose is baked constantly, some pathologies may be the cause:
- Diseases of ENT organs, in particular, sinusitis. With it, inflammation of the mucous sinuses occurs, because of which a small bleeding begins, since the capillaries are damaged.
- Diseases of the cardiovascular system. With arterial hypertension, nosebleeds are possible. But it may be that such discharge will be noticeable only by blowing the nose. The fact of an increase in blood pressure can be directly related to the occurrence of the appearance of blood. Attention should be paid to the state of the vessels if signs of capillary bleeding are noticeable in the morning, after sleep. At the same time, night rest was supposed to take place in a room with a normal level of humidity.
- Connective tissue lesions. In autoimmune diseases, the immune system produces antibodies that damage the connective tissue, which includes blood vessels and capillaries. In diseases such as Sjogren's syndrome, vasculitis, lupus, damage to the blood channels and, accordingly, their discharge from the nose are observed.
Nasal congestion in children
Toddlers are always mobile. In a child, clotted blood in the nose is usually associated with mechanical damage. And many children consider picking their nose an extremely exciting pastime. In addition, children can insert foreign objects into their nostrils. As a result of such actions, the mucous membranes of the cavities are injured and blood baking is observed. Toddlers can peel off the crusts, which causes minor bleeding and traces of blood can be noticed in the nose.
The appearance of blood crusts in children is also often associated with dry air. However, more serious reasons cannot be ruled out.
In pregnant
Blood in the nose is baked during pregnancy. This phenomenon is quite common, especially in the first trimester. The causes of the phenomenon are associated with reduced humidity of the inhaled air and with physiological changes against the background of an increase in progesterone levels.
During this period, the volume of circulating blood in the woman’s body increases with previous indicators of vascular elasticity. As a result, their walls are bursting, blood pressure rises. There is nosebleed.
Why is there clotted blood in the nose in the morning
Some people notice the formation of dry brown crusts after sleep. This phenomenon may also be due to insufficient humidity in the visit. At night, a person breathes dry air, the mucous membranes dry out, the capillaries burst, and blood crusts appear. During the day they will not be noticeable.
But if there is constantly clotted blood in the nose in the morning, the reason may be different.
When to see a doctor
If the described phenomenon is often worried, then this is an occasion to contact a specialist for help. He will conduct a rhinoscopy, thanks to which he can find out why crusts appear in the nose. Perhaps the cause will be acquired or congenital pathologies that need to be eliminated.
The doctor will make a diagnosis, taking into account the symptomatic manifestations: an unpleasant smell from the nose, an excessive amount of blood crusts, atrophy of the inner wall of the cavities or mucous membranes. Most often, clots of caked biological fluid indicate pharyngitis or laryngitis. They can also be accompanied by tracheitis.
Healing procedures
If the causes of the disease are not associated with tissue atrophy, then treatment is performed with conservative methods:
- Organotherapy. Drug treatment is aimed at restoring the normal functioning of the nasal mucosa. Preparations are made from organs and glands of internal secretion of animals.
- Phytodynamic therapy. Apply after restoration of the mucosa. The essence of the procedure is the effect of photosensitizers on tissues. Thanks to the laser, a photochemical reaction occurs.
- Irrigation with mineral solutions.
- Acceleration of lymph flow to restore excretory function.
- Iontophoresis contributes to the normal functioning of tissues. This is a hardware procedure in which the surface of the mucosa is treated with special substances.
- Flushing the nose with saline solutions. Often prescribed "Marimer", "Humer", "Aquamaris", "Aqualor".
Saline for washing can be prepared at home. 1 tsp required stir sea salt in 1 liter. boiled water. After the salt crystals have dissolved, the liquid is filtered off. The procedure can be performed both for pregnant women and young children.
Treatment
If clogged blood discharge has already formed in the nose, they interfere and cause discomfort, it is necessary to deal with them.
The doctor will certainly recommend special ointments, oils that soften the formation in the nasal passages. Such preparations should not contain components that dry the mucosa. Among the oils, they are particularly effective: sea buckthorn, apricot or sunflower.
Means should be dripped into each nostril. Head should not be thrown back very much. For convenience, turuns can be made from cotton wool, moistened with oil and inserted into each nasal passage. The duration of the procedure should last up to 30 minutes.
Ointment will help if the problem is associated with the drying of the mucous membranes. For example, the tool "Rescuer" is often prescribed by all doctors. The drug must be applied in the morning or evening hours. Subject to recommendations, the patient's condition will improve in the next 7 days.
It is also necessary to carry out spraying of the nasal cavity. For this, an alkaline solution or one percent nicotinic acid is suitable. A radical way to solve the problem is surgery. Only a doctor can determine whether it is necessary or not.
The use of folk remedies
The most popular and effective folk remedies:
- Aloe juice or Kalanchoe. They bury their nose. The leaves of plants are passed through a meat grinder, squeezed juice through cheesecloth.
- Nasal lavage with infusion of chamomile, linden, mint. To prepare the solution, you need to take 1 tsp. dry plants, pour 100 ml of boiling water. Let it brew. As soon as the resulting liquid cools down and reaches room temperature, it is filtered and used to rinse the nose.
- Sea buckthorn, olive, grape oil. They recommend treating the nasal mucous membranes. Mixtures with essential oils can be used.
- Steam inhalation. For them, you need a nebulizer, essential oils, saline.
- Powdered seaweed. It’s easy to cook. Algae are dried and ground into “dust”. The resulting powder is inhaled daily by the nose. The procedure must be carried out carefully, since the mixture should not enter the bronchi.
- Boiled potatoes. It is necessary to take 2 medium root vegetables, boil them in their uniforms, cool and attach to the nose. When the tubers are completely cooled, menthol oil can be instilled.
- Prepare drops at home. For them, you need chopped onions (a couple of tablespoons), water, honey. The proportions must be observed as follows: ½ tsp. honey, take 50 ml of pure boiled water and 3 tbsp. l finely chopped onions. Mix everything thoroughly and strain. The resulting liquid is dripped 1 drop in each nasal passage.
Before using folk remedies, you need to consult a doctor. Independently, you can only use oils to lubricate the mucous membranes.
Preventative measures
If clotted blood in the nose was previously observed, then the following preventive measures are recommended:
- Ventilate the room regularly.
- Do wet cleaning more often.
- Try to avoid temperature extremes.
- Dry runny nose must be treated.
- Rinse with saline solution of the nasal cavity.
- Install a humidifier.
If all possible measures have been taken to eliminate the situation, but the blood crusts still appear, it is necessary to contact the ENT.
Ignore this condition, especially if it is observed constantly, every morning, clotted blood in the nose is not worth it. The problem may not only be dry air, but be a sign of a serious illness that requires qualified assistance.
And only a doctor, based on the results of the examination and the tests received, will be able to prescribe complex therapy. As for folk remedies (lotions, infusions, etc.), they are only an addition to medical treatment.