Nose Emergency  Alternate Names    • nose trauma   • nose injury
• Nasal fracture   A nose emergency involves a significant loss
of blood, injury, or blockage of the nose that interferes with
breathing.   What are the causes and risks of the injury?  Some
of the causes of nosebleeds are as follows:   • being exposed to
very cold or very dry air   • continually blowing the nose   •
doing strenuous exercise   • foreign bodies in the nose   •
getting hit in the nose   • having allergies   • having high
blood pressure   • picking the nose   • taking large doses of
aspirin or other blood-thinning medications   • using nasal
sprays that dry the mucosa A foreign body in the nose may be
caused by the following:   • deliberately inserting a small
object, such as a bean, into the nostril   • having the airway
packed in a healthcare setting   • playing or roughhousing A
nose fracture may be caused by the following:   • being flung
into a hard object, such as in a motor vehicle crash   • being
hit on the side of the no