Do you or your kids get nosebleeds?

[AlCzervik]

my daughter has a cold and she's been in the house since Friday night so toady i really need to go to the supermarket and she really wants to get out of the house so i take her with me, within 10 minutes she had a huge nosebleed, this is the thrid big one she's had since Friday. Any idea on if there is anything i can do stop another one?

[Kali]

1. I did when I was a kid.

It was a blood vessel too close to the surface so it was cauterized. first try with silvernitrate, that didn't take so the second time it was done electrically. That worked, don't think I have had another bloody nose since - even after major bumps.

Otherwise, watch the "blowing" and keep moist. Don't use decongestants.

[taterguy]

2. I had that same problem

Nice to meet someone else with that condition

[AlCzervik]

3. thanks, i bought some ocean drops and found the humidifier so i'm hoping that will help.

she will go 6 months without getting one and then all of a sudden is like nosebleed a palooza. Can i ask how you discovered your blood vessel problem?

[Kali]

4. I think my mom got sick of washing clothes and pillowcases

:rofl:

Got real bad one summer (dry and hot) so she hauled me to the doc and he looked with the scope thing they always look in there with, and I guess he could see it pretty clear (probably there was a scab from the day before)

[AlCzervik]

5. when i took her for her physical i asked her doctor about seeing an ear, nose and throat doctor

because i suspect she may a deviated septum which he thinks might be true so i'm calling tomorrow to ger her a referral.

[davsand]

6. We just had an series of nosebleeds.

My ten year old daughter had them. No bumps to the nose or anything, she'd be sitting there and all at once it would just start to bleed. Even happened once in the middle of the night while she was asleep. She woke up in the morning with blood everywhere and was totally freaked out.

I remembered that my brother had them as a kid and I asked my Mom about it. She suggested a swab of Vaseline in the nostrils a couple of times a day for a week or so, then once a day (at bedtime) after that first week. Told me it worked wonders for my brother.

Sure enough, we started that and we have had one nosebleed in the last month--compared to one a day for a week or so. I think (probably) we need to change her antihistamines for a different one. She has allergies and takes a daily dose to control them. We are going in for a sports physical fairly soon and I figured I'd ask about it then...

Anyhow, I'd suggest a google search on nosebleeds for whatever age of kid you have (adolescent, toddler--whatever) and see what you can find. Frankly i was left with the impression that they are not usually all that serious unless they can't be stopped or unless they are happening all the time. I do know that the kids get all kinds of freaked out because a very little blood looks incredibly serious when it just came out of your NOSE and is on a kleenex...

Hang in there, and I suggest cold water and Spray and Wash for the blood stains.



Laura

[TK421]

7. Once in a while...not much

when it happened, it wasn't a big deal...

There was this kid I went to grade-school with, however, that got them EVERY day...

had to go rushing to the nurses office for them...poor kid.