Tongue that wont stop bleeding!!

[mummyemily]

My son bit his tongue whilst playing you can see the hole were his tooth has gone through it, 2 hours on and it is still bleeding heavily i am not sure what to do, tried, cold jelly and ice cream but its still bleeding!
any ideas really concerned him swallowing to much blood is going to make him sick he is just 4 yrs
please any advise

Hopefully by now it's stopped, but I would probably have called NHS Direct and seen what they said.

I would take him to A&E just to be sure

Thanks for your replies, at last it seems to have stopped and he ate his supper without any complaints, I did call NHS direct and was told to pinch the tip of his tongue for 10 minutes to stop the bleeding - not easy on a hot, tired 4 yr old but it seems to have done the trick if it bleeds again tomorrow A & E here we come!

tongues always bleed like mad but heal really quickly.

My brother bit right through and I mean RIGHT THROUGH his twice as a kid. it was like the texas chainsaw massacre

I know I could not believe how much blood there was! I was more worried about him digesting the blood - he seemed totally unbothered about it at the time and after 5 minutes of rinsing him mouth out he was off back on the climbing frame blood and all!

My 4 month old DD has bit her tongue today (we think), it's all red and scabby and bled for a while this morning which gave us a bit of a shock.
I'm hoping it will have healed by the weekend, as she's finding it a bit uncomfortable, poor thing.

Glad your son is ok now, OP.