10 THE COURIER SUN • MAY 12, 2016 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com is a proud partner of the American-Italian Cancer Foundation’s Mobile No-Cost Breast Cancer Screening hosted by: Office of State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. taking place at: 159-02 Crossbay Boulevard, Howard Beach 11414 Thursday, June 30th 9:00am - 4:30pm Eligibility Criteria for those with health insurance: Woman age 40 and older New York City Mailing Address No mammogram in the past 12 months Eligibility Criteria for those without health insurance: Woman age 50 and older New York City Mailing Address No mammogram in the past 12 months An appointment is necessary Please call 1-877-628-9090 Funded by a grant from NY Department of Health Cancer Services Program. Additional funding provided by the generous support of the New York City Council, the National Breast Cancer Foundation, NYS Assembly, GreaterGood.org, the RAR Foundation and individual patrons. I earned Social Security and Medicare, and when I couldn’t afford healthy food, SNAP HELPED. - ANDRES, RETIRED BUSINESS OWNER East Harlem FoodHelp.nyc WATCH MY STORY AT FoodHelp.nyc Now it’s easier to apply online at ACCESSNYC Call 311 for more info Crime Scene? Or Nose Bleed? Faster than an ER visit. I have a few friends whose kids have regular nosebleeds, and I’m telling you, when it happens it looks like a crime scene. It’s hard to believe that so much blood can come gushing out of a little tiny space and make it appear like that child is having an unending hemorrhage; but I think I can get a few witnesses on this to back me up. It’s incredible. The answer is typically pretty simple For those who don’t have an underlying bleeding problem, and it’s all in the anatomy. We all have something in our noses called Kiesselbach’s plexus. In some people, it lives near the surface of the lining of the nose, and for others, it’s located deeper. Those whose plexus lives near the surface are our regular nose bleeders because if anything disrupts that plexus: Nose picking, dry air, trauma, infl ammation, or whatever, the bloodletting begins. Regardless, the treatment is the same for anyone with a nosebleed. Let’s do the myth busting fi rst: 1. Don’t tilt the head back– it just makes the blood drain in the throat, which is irritating in the stomach and could make someone choke. 2. Ice on the nose or forehead doesn’t work; it’s too far away from the active bleeding site. So, here’s what to do: 1. Like with any bleeding situation, APPLY PRESSURE. Squeeze the nostrils together, Faster More powerful than a broken bone. Able to treat your child MORE Powerful tightly. Do it for 10-15 minutes, solid. No peeking. And that isn’t easy. 2. If that doesn’t work, I try a nasal decongestant, which constricts blood vessels and that helps Late at Night. to stop the bleeding. 3. If you’re working on about an hour of bleeding, it’s time to seek medical care. There are some other tricks, like inserting some clotting “plugs” up the nose (gross, I know…), but that needs to be done in a medical environment. For truly recurrent nose bleeders, they may need medical investigation to make sure there’s not a bleeding/clotting disorder, but for the overwhelming majority of them it really comes down to the simple variations in body plumbing. At the end of the day, after an entire bottle of stain remover has been used, all these guys do just fi ne. Especially when they line the inside of their nostrils with petroleum jelly and do not blow or pick their nose for a good 24 hours after the bleeding stops. Yours in the spirit of nosebleed drama, Dr. Christina Senior Medical Advisor, PM Pediactrics Forest Hills: 70-20 Austin St. Bayside: 210-31 26th Ave. Open every day until midnight. late n igh t. Forest Hills: 70-20 Austin St. Bayside: 210-31 26th Ave. PHOTO CONTEST CONTEST QNS.COM FOR A CHANCE TO WIN GREAT PRIZES!
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