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Here is what Mayo Clinic doctors suggest you do if you have a nosebleed: First, sit up and move forward from the middle of your body. That reduces the blood pressure in the nose. Sitting forward should keep you from swallowing blood that collects in your mouth. Use the thumb and the finger closest to the thumb to press inward on the outside of the nose. This finger is often called the index finger.

Breathe through your mouth. Keep doing this for five to ten minutes. It can often stop the blood from flowing. After the nosebleed has stopped, do not touch your nose or blow it. Make sure that your head is in a higher position than your heart.

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If the nosebleed should start again, breathe out strongly. Then treat both sides of your nose with a nose medicine that contains oxymetazoline. Press inward again on the outer surface of the nose with the thumb and index finger. Then, says the Mayo Clinic, you need to contact your doctor.

You also need a doctor if nosebleeds happen to you often. The doctor may advise cautery, a method that burns the blood vessel with electric current, silver nitrate or a laser. In addition, you need a doctor if you take blood-thinning drugs and have a nosebleed.

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Sometimes people get foreign objects in their noses. Children have been known to put anything from small pieces of food to medicine in the nasal passages. If that happens at your house, the Mayo Clinic says do not push at the object with any kind of tool. Tell the child to breathe through the mouth instead of the nose.

Have the child blow out the object softly, but not repeatedly. If only one side of the nose is affected, hold the other side closed. Then have the child blow out the affected side. If you see the object and can easily take hold of it with a tool, go ahead. But if all these attempts fail, get medical help.

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