Many familiar with the problem, when the bleeding lip. Superficial wounds often do not bring strong inconvenience: they can be fast enough to stop. But few know how to stop the bleeding from the mouth properly and what to do with large cuts.
Why there is a problem
Lip care needs to be given a lot of time, because there is a lot of blood vessels and even small bleeding from the mouth to bring a number of inconveniences. We list the main causes of this problem:
- Tendency to licking and biting. Saliva after drying promotes dehydration, because of which the skin near the mouth begins to crack.
- Mechanical defects (cuts, bruises).
- Proximity thin vessels near the surface of the cavity.
- Prolonged exposure to cold air. Frost dehydrate sensitive skin, which is why the lips crack. If you go after staying outside in a warm room, at room temperature, the blood from the mouth can occur.
- Heat, cold and the like, also evaporates the moisture from the skin, which leads to dehydration. Consequently mouth skin becomes brittle and cracks therein.
- Herpes is also one of the causes of bleeding. The resulting bubbles eventually burst, and after drying in the wounds formed crust. In the blood can serve a meal of crusts.
- Diabetes, fungal and other diseases can be one of the causes of the unpleasant situation.
- Cosmetic procedures can damage the skin and cause damage.
How to stop the blood on his lip
Stress is able to increase blood flow, so the first aid before the treatment - to reassure the victim.
To most people calmed down, you can ask him to breathe deeply, and then begin to stop the blood.
To stop the bleeding, without the intervention of doctors required to have:
- bandage (sterile) or a gauze;
- chlorhexidine or hydrogen peroxide;
- ice cubes;
- plastic bag.
Ways to stop bleeding from the lips:
- When blood is well rolled, then wound with a slight enough to apply gauze or net sterile bandage. Gauze desirable to hold about 10 minutes, after which blood flow should stop.
- The cold helps to quickly stop the blood from his lips. Attaching to the problematic place an ice pack, you must hold it a few minutes near the wound. Under the influence of cold compress blood vessels begin to narrow, and the blood flow stops. For this purpose, suitable and clean package frozen foods. Another option is soaked in cold water, sterile bandage applied to the damaged area. In the absence of the previous items, winter snow can be dialed in a clean bag and attach it to the lip.
- When bleeding lips and dirt enters the wound, the injured site must be cleaned chlorhexidine or hydrogen peroxide. To this end, the site briefly applied gauze.
- If after treatment the wound still bleeds, take the victim traumatology department. The doctor stitches and provide guidance for further care problem place. If a strong bleeding your doctor may use a special lyapisny pencil. In its structure there are silver ions that contribute to rapid hemostasis.
Another problem of bleeding after treatment - is swelling. Remove it is possible by means of special tools.
