Don't let sinusitis get so bad you're spitting up blood

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1. What is the cause of sinusitis that spits up blood? Mechanism of causing sinusitis, sinusitis spitting up blood:
Any cause of nasal mucosa is edematous, blocking the nasal passages and sinuses, and oxygen in the sinuses is absorbed into the blood vessels of the mucosa, creating negative pressure in the sinuses. sinusitis (vacuum sinusitis), this is the beginning of sinusitis. If this negative pressure is maintained, the mucus from the mucous membranes will grow and fill the sinuses, thereby becoming an ideal environment for bacteria, viruses, and fungi to grow through entering the sinuses through the sinus opening. or through a diffusely spreading cell. Serum and white blood cells appear to fight the infection, and cause pain due to the positive pressure that develops in the congested sinus. The mucosa becomes congested and edematous, creating sinusitis.
There are many blood vessels on both sides of the nose anterior and posterior. These capillaries are very sensitive and can break easily. Therefore, when having sinusitis, it is very easy to cause blood capillaries to burst and blood to flow from the front or back of the nose. And you will have sinusitis that spits up blood if blood comes out from the back of your nose or when you inhale blood-filled mucus from the front nose, and here are some specific causes of sinusitis that spit blood.
1.1 Blowing your nose too hard or blowing your nose too often The reason you have difficulty breathing through your nose is because in sinusitis yellow or greenish water drains from the nose or down the back of the throat, combined with swelling of the nasal mucosa. obstruct or block the nose. This is an indispensable symptom of sinusitis, if the condition is acute, you only need to endure it for a short time, but if it is a chronic sinusitis or recurrent sinusitis, you will have to regularly use nasal sprays. . This causes some of you to spray your nose often and sometimes quite strongly to try to clear your airways, which in turn causes sinusitis to spit up blood.

1.2 Frequent sneezing causes sinusitis with blood in the nose Itchy nose and frequent sneezing are most common in allergic sinusitis, moreover this is a type of sinusitis that is easy to recur if your allergy is not treated. find out either the weather, or you're allergic to an unavoidable factor. And the mechanism that causes sinusitis to spit blood from this frequent sneeze is the same as that of regular nasal spray.
1.3 Inflammation In chronic, acute, subacute, recurrent sinusitis caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or allergies, the mucous membranes become congested, edematous, causing the nasal mucosa to bleed easily. The blood is now more prone to bleeding, especially when the sinusitis is severe and prolonged.
1.4 Improper use of nasal spray solution causes sinusitis to spit blood Whether it is chronic or acute sinusitis, patients will be advised to use saline spray into the nose several times a day to clean the nose. However, sometimes the spray is too strong, it will cause bleeding in the nasal mucosa on the background of severe congestive rhinitis.
In addition, patients can also be prescribed a nasal spray with a corticosteroid component to reduce symptoms of congestive and edematous inflammation, but when you have to use this drug too often due to prolonged sinusitis, chronic sinusitis or recurrent sinusitis, or due to your overuse of medication to relieve discomfort, the nasal mucosa will gradually thin, leading to sinusitis that spits up blood.
1.5 Weather Abnormal weather is a factor that makes acute sinusitis difficult to treat for a long time and can become severe sinusitis, especially when the weather is cold and dry. Because at this time, the lining of the nose and sinuses is dry and cracked, causing damage to blood vessels, then in addition to nasal discharge, it may also be accompanied by blood from the nose before or after, causing sinusitis to spit up blood.

1.6 Eating too much spicy food In Traditional Medicine, there is no specific medical name for sinusitis, but in the work "Scientific Chinese Medicine" (Edited by Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Institute) and the work " The scientific five senses” (published in 1975) has confirmed that there is a close relationship between sinusitis and “traditional medicine” (a long-standing disease in traditional medicine).
In book 27 - Symptom (diseases of the nose) - the book "Canh Nhac Encyclopedia" mentioned that drinking alcohol, eating fatty and sweet foods, or hot and spicy foods for a long time leads to the symptoms of "swallowing" disease. . From there, it is shown that eating and drinking without moderation will make the fire cold, leading to low temperature that causes sinusitis and when the heat is too hot, it will lead to sinusitis that spits up blood.
1.7 Nasal polyps Nasal polyps are a benign tumor, it is both the cause of sinusitis but also can be formed by the patient with chronic sinusitis for a long time. Chronic sinusitis makes the blood vessels in the nasal mucosa increase permeability and makes it easier for water to accumulate in the cells. Gradually, this hydrophilic tissue is pulled down and forms nasal polyps.
Nasal polyps also include the same symptoms as sinusitis: difficulty breathing, stuffy nose, runny nose, changes in smell... Polyps can cause complications or worsen nasal and sinus infections. In addition to the cause of the capillaries in the nose in this case easy to bleed due to inflammation, nasal polyps are also easy to cause bleeding in case it is at the kisselbach pulse point, leading to sinusitis that spits up blood.
1.8 Paranasal sinus cancer Paranasal sinus cancer (PNS) is very rare. Most PNS is found in the maxillary and ethmoid sinuses. The cause of the disease is not clear, however, it is thought that chronic sinusitis may cause the disease.
Because there is space for cancer to grow in the sinuses, symptoms often appear in the late stages such as pain, stuffy nose, runny nose, nosebleed or spitting up blood, double vision, pain or ringing in the ears. , facial numbness, tooth loss under the position of the maxillary sinus with tumor due to the tumor pressing on the surrounding tissues.

2. How to handle sinusitis that spits up blood? 2.1. Local treatment First is to stop bleeding, you need to bend your head forward instead of tilting your head back to avoid increasing pressure on the blood vessel wall causing the blood to not stop, then, gently clamp the 2 noses for about 10-15 minutes .
2.2. Go to a medical facility After the bleeding has stopped, go to a specialist for advice and the most appropriate treatment, especially if sinusitis is not simply a combination of other diseases such as nasal polyps or sinus cancer.
As for the cases of spitting up blood due to sinusitis, you need to treat sinusitis thoroughly first. In acute sinusitis, you will be actively treated with medication, nasal hygiene, and care measures. In chronic sinusitis, the treatment is more complicated and difficult, with medical or surgical treatment or a combination.
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