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Manifestations and treatment of injury of the nose

A bruised nose is a type of craniofacial trauma. If this is not observed deformation of the cartilage structure or damage to the skeleton, which are typical for fracture.

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This type of injury is accompanied by injury of soft tissues and shell of the nose. Because this organ is vital, the injury can have serious consequences.

Causes damage to the nose

There are many factors that cause injury and damage to the nose. There are two most common causes leading to injury of the body:

  • blows with a blunt object;
  • the bumps that emerged in the fall;
  • physical violence.

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  1. Professional athletes. Injury when doing martial arts or martial arts, by a blow from a ball or hockey puck often provoke injury of the nose.
  2. Children. Most often, these injuries occur in kids who stutter go and feel unsteady. The child is fourteen years rather fragile bones, not fully formed the skeleton, so the damage to the nose during outdoor games or sports training they occur very often.
  3. Also prone to such injuries the elderly who may lose balance and fall due to changes in blood pressure, dizziness, and specific age-related diseases.

How to determine the damage?

Often, a bruise can cause rupture of blood vessels in the nasal septum, which leads to the formation of large and extremely painful hematoma, which complicates the breathing process. In addition, the surgeon to identify the following symptoms characteristic of the injury of the nose:

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  • severe pain at the injury site;
  • bleeding;
  • subcutaneous emphysema of the face;
  • possible breaks in the mucous membranes;
  • puffiness and swelling of the nose, with a tendency to a rapid increase in edema;
  • subcutaneous hemorrhage;
  • very often the nose injury is accompanied by injuries to the head or eyes;
  • strong and involuntary for tears from the eyes of the victim;
  • dizziness;
  • possible loss of consciousness, fainting, most often such phenomena are observed with concomitant injury of the concussion;
  • nausea;
  • vomiting;
  • headaches;
  • blurred vision;
  • bleeding in the eye area;
  • General lethargy, confusion(observed for very severe injuries);
  • related external damage of the skin in the form of various abrasions and scratches.

Signs of injury of the nose can largely be the same as symptoms of other injuries of the body (wounds, fractures and other), so in order to establish a correct diagnosis, you should seek the advice of a doctor-traumatologist.

Do not neglect this rule, because, despite its apparent harmlessness of such damage, an injury of the nose, refers to injuries of the head and can be very serious events, for example, concussion.

Possible complications

In most cases, injuries of the nose do not entail any significant adverse effects. However, in case of serious damage and in the absence of necessary treatment for this injury can cause certain complications. The doctors referred to him a number of the following factors:

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  • a deviated septum;
  • disorders of nasal breathing, permanent stuffy nose;
  • deformation of the outer part of the nose;
  • the development of the tendency to chronic diseases such as rhinitis, sinusitis or sinusitis;
  • change the size of the nose;
  • if a strong injury may receive a bump on your nose;
  • inflammation, which is caused by infection in the nasal area of the hematoma. This process is extremely dangerous for the health of the patient. Inflammation is accompanied by fever, severe pain and a characteristic feeling, as if in the middle of the nose is a foreign body, which presses and bursting from the inside.

Diagnosis of injury of the nose is necessary in the first place, in order to exclude the possibility of fracture. The diagnosis is based on the study of symptoms, common clinical presentation and palpation. Moreover, in controversial cases, when the trauma is difficult to determine the type of damage the patient is assigned to the following diagnostic procedures:

  1. An x-ray. During radiography of the nasal bones can accurately determine the presence or absence of injury, and the nature of the fracture.
  2. Rhinoscopy. This medical manipulation helps to identify the likely displacement of the nasal wall cartilage, narrowing of passages, the scope and nature of bleeding.
  3. CT.

First aid for injury of the nose

What should I do if I receive this kind of facial injury? First and foremost, you need to stop the bleeding, which is usually accompanied by damage to the olfactory organ. It is recommended to take the following measures:

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  • in the case of minor bleeding press a to nose a cotton ball soaked with hydrogen peroxide;
  • very good helps to stop nose bleeding, the placement of the cold on the nose;
  • if there is no suspected fracture, for a few minutes, firmly press the wings of the nose to the septum, it can cause the victim feeling pain and discomfort, but it will help quickly to stop the bleeding;
  • in addition, the damaged place is necessary to ensure maximum rest. When injury the nose should not be, at least for one hour, coughing, sneezing, blow your nose, to talk and to make any sharp, intense movements, as this may provoke bleeding and increase swelling; it is best to put the victim face up, his head tucked under a cushion or large pillow.

After the bleeding is completely stopped, you can go to the warm up procedures to eliminate swelling. For example, apply to the injured place tissue bag with warmed sodium chloride and hold for about fifteen minutes.

Therapy for injuries of the nose

When injuries of the nose, medical intervention is required not always. For minor injuries and timely, competently rendered first aid, characteristic symptoms usually disappear by themselves. However, there are cases when the appeal to the specialist and the right treatment is simply necessary. These include the following manifestations:

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  • there is not only the difficulty of nasal breathing, and difficulty in talking or swallowing;
  • blurred vision;
  • bruises and hematomas around the eyes;
  • the lack of results with home treatment;
  • excessive bleeding that cannot stop on their own;
  • increasing the pain;
  • disturbances in consciousness and motor coordination.

To treat severe nasal injuries recommended comprehensively, using both internal and external medicines.

In most cases, the victims leads to the doctor complications such as extensive hematoma of the nasal septum. In this case, the technician pierces the damaged area with a special needle and sucks out its contents. Manipulation takes less than five minutes, however, if it is not hold, it increases the probability of formation of a purulent abscess.

The process of treatment of such injuries usually associated with symptoms and related complications:

  1. So, if the injury the wound was developing an infection or dirt, then the patient by injection administered tetanus serum.
  2. Ifinjury accompanied by concussion, the victim is recommended several days bed rest, intake of such drugs as sulfonamides and some antibiotics.
  3. When severe pain in the region of the nose, headaches assigned to pain-relieving medications. For Example, Ketanov, Analginum, Ketoprofen, Naproxen.
  4. To treat swelling and bruising it is recommended to use such remedies as Troxevazina ointment, Indovazin and others.

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Injuries of the nose are an extremely common injury, so it is very important to be able to provide first aid. In difficult cases, if there are complications and you suspect a fracture, you should immediately consult a doctor, especially if the traumatized child.