Nose Bleeds - Lees Summit, MO

It happens to my son ALL the time. The doctor suggested that I get something called Aryagel (it looks like a little tube on nesporin). It's a saline jel. It lubricates the inside of the nose. My son's nose bleeds if it's too hot outside, if it get too dry...etc. This gel work well so far. You can find it at any drug store. Good Luck!

I would look into allergies. My son gets nosebleeds very easily. Warm air and allergies usually set him off or even barely hitting his nose. It's getting better as he gets older.

Neosporin can help, apply to a q-tip and wipe the inside of the nose. I used to do it at night when he was sleeping.

i had lots of nosebleeds as a child. My problem was that the capilleries in my nose were to close to the surface of the skin so just wiping my nose could cause a nosebleed. My parents took me to an ear nose and throat doctor and they ended up cauterizing the inside of my nose to build scar tissue. This was definetly not fun but I have had only a handfull of nosebleeds since so it was worth it. This could be something to look into.

I have a son that has always had this same condition. Of course I will say to ask her doctor as you will want the peace of mind of an expert opinion. But I can offer assistance in stopping them! I know that others will disagree with my method, and that's okay. I'm only sharing what worked and still works for us.
We don't tip his head back, as we were always told to do in the "old days" when I was a child. This allows the blood to go into the throat. Not only is it gross, but freaks him out to feel the blood in his mouth and he panics, making the flow all the heavier!
We have him sit down and I create a good sized "plug" out of toilet paper and yes, I insert it into his nose. Not into his brain, but filling the wide bottom part. This allows me to put an ice cube on the crevice of his upper lip. TRUE! I learned this technique from a chiropractor at a business meeting I was at. I've never had acupuncture done, but he said that there is a pressure point right there that stops nose bleeds quickly. OMG: totally works. It stops usually within about 20 seconds. It's cold, and he insists on holding the cube, but it's effective. Good luck!

I would see an allergist but they may not do too much at her age. My husband had nose bleeds as a child and had his cauterized. I would not advise this as later he had to have surgery to remove the scar tissue in his nose. It caused him breathing problems. I also had nose bleeds and several of our kids did too. It would sometimes just start bleeding for no reason at all. I sat many times holding a child's nose to stop it. Pressure under the nose and pinching the nose helps but even then often it would continue. Don't put the head back but have them sit down and sometimes ice helps if held on the nose for a bit. Some of our kids would be outside playing when it started and it was from the heat and allergy both sometimes, but some of the times it was heat. See a doctor though as they may have new treatments now. They used to say to pack it with tissue, maybe they still do and maybe not. I used to pack the nose with rolled up tissue and that often helped...until you pulled it out if it wasn't completely stopped.
I know this is a problem for the child and you so hope she outgrows it soon. None of us that had it still have chronic nosebleeds now so hopefully it will be outgrown or you can get treatment that helps. It does seem to be more common than not.

I would check with your daughter's dr. My son has the same problem & it has been going on for years (except his is not just in winter it is year round). He'll wake up at night, be running around, just sitting, all without hitting his nose & it will just start bleeding. His dr. said that he will grow out of it & that some kids (mainly boys) go through a nose bleeding phase & that it is not dangerous or an underlying problem. You can try saline solution (made for noses). We were told to put 2-3 drops in his nose to help moisten it & maybe prevent the bleeds.
Again, check with her dr. to make sure there is not an underlying problem that the nose bleeds are a sypmtom.

God bless!

I feel for you, Sara! I agree with those who suggested you might want to take her to an allergist or ENT. My daughter used to have terrible nose bleeds when she was little, often at night when she was asleep. They were quite scary. She also had bad allergies and suffered from many ear infections. When she was three, we had tubes put in her ears and her adenoids removed, and the ENT said he would check the blood vessels in her nose during surgery and possibly cauterize any that were very close to the surface. After the surgery, he said hers were about the worst he had seen and he had cauterized them. She was SO much better after the surgery, relieved of both the ear infections and the nosebleeds. She is nine now and only occasionally gets them. I think someone else suggested this too, but what we have done to stop the nosebleeds is push a wad of tissue as far as we can up under her upper lip, not in the nose itself. And of course, don't have her tilt her head back, or the blood will drip down her throat.

Sara, This sounds very weird, and at first I didn't take the info I got as "true" but I started to watch...My son who is 9 gets nosebleeds ALL the time usually when he sleeps so you can imagine what his pillow case looks like...(yuck) Okay a friend of mine, her son also gets nosebleeds, and she said it is only when he is having a growth spurt. My son is currently complaining about his legs and arms aching, and he has had daily nosebleeds. I told you it was weird. I am not postive this is what's going on, BUT it does seem to coincide with his growing.
Of course, I would also check with a doctor, just to give you peace of mind.

A need for Vitamin C is likely the answer to your daughter's problem . Conventional doctors generally know nothing about nutrition. When my daughter had this issue as a child, our alternative doctor suggested this, and the nose bleeds stopped almost immediately. Orange-flavored chewables are generally available most anywhere that sells vitamins, but you'll find the highest quality supplements at a health food store. I believe most of us should be taking some kind of Vitamin C supplement. I use a buffered C (C can cause acid reflux)taking 2-500 mg capsules a day. Vitamin C is helpful in these areas: Supports healthy collagen synthesis, cartilage and bone development, immune function, capillary and blood vessel integrity, healthy skin, and nerve pulse transmission. And because it's a water soluble vitamin, no need to worry about getting too much. Whatever your body doesn't need ends up in the toilet.

My grandson has had multiple nosebleeds, we took him to the hospital when he had one that was bleeding a lot and we couldn't stop it. They couldn't get it to stop either, so they cauterized it. They said that the nose gets dry and the blood vessels are close to the skin, so he was told to have a humidifier and use a saline nose spray. He still has them, not as many, I'm not sure if my daughter uses the humidifier regularly, I do know he doesn't want to use the spray, so they don't. My husband and son both have them, I don't think there is any real way to keep from having them. Teach her to squeeze her nose until it stops, this applies pressure and will usually stop the bleed, we always have tissue in the hand squeezing to catch the dripping. Good Luck!

I use to get lots of bloody-noses when I was a kid. My mostly were in the spring/summer. I would get them because I would get too hot or it was my allergies. I would have so many that when I had one they would give me some medince for them. I would take her to an allergiest.

My daughter Kristen had nose bleeds all the time, initially we just thought she had really dry nasal passages. We would swab the inside of her nostrils lightly with a Q-tip with vaseline at bedtime, along with using a humidifier. When she was still having them we asked the periatrician, he said sometimes they have a vessel really close to the surface and that if it continued to be a problem as she got older they could cauterize it...it never came to that, she out grew them. But I walked around in fear she would get them...its not fun, I would talk to her pediatrician...especially if they are heavy and take a while to stop. I know it is an uncomfortable feeling butthe vaseline in the nose did seem to help a lot, not a big gob, just a light layer. Lots of luck = ) B.

Sara,
I don't know if you should be concerned but I did take my daughter in and our doctor first suggested we try putting bacatracin/antibioctic cream in her nose everyday and see if that helped. Which it did a lot! You might want to give that a try. Good luck.

Dana

I had a lot of nosebleeds as a kid too, I think it was mostly a "phase" but I must admit, although I hate to do it, that I probably made it worse cuz I picked my nose a lot too. I know your daughter is only 2 but I'd keep an eye out for that too! If you're contantly digging around in there it can cause bleeding for sure!

Not that you shouldn't have it checked out, but it may be nothing. My sister would randomly get nosebleeds when we were kids. She outgrew it when she was around 7 or 8 I think? I'll have to ask her. I'd kind of forgotten about it until you mentioned it. :) It was annoying to her, but she got used to it and it wasn't a big deal.

Hi Sarah, When both of my son's were little & if they ate too much cheese they would get a nose bleed soon after.My oldest son is in his 30's & my youngest one is turnig 21 in June. I'm not sure if this is the case for u. Good luck..

mine quit as a kid when I took vitamins with iron......

We actually just took our daughter who is also 2 1/2 to the pediatrician today about this. She has had them in the past due to allergies and especially in the winter when the heat is on. In the past 2 weeks she has had little ones probably 10 out iof 14 days. They stop bleeding in less than 15-30 seconds, they are that little.

Today the doctor said it is allergies and she needs to be on her Allegra every day. I was only giving it to her when her nose was runny or she complained of a sore throat in the past but apparently she needs them daily. She is also to get a squirt of Nasonex daily in her nose. He said he could see a big scab in there that probably kept coming off so he cauterized her nose. I must brag too and said she didn't cry at all, she was such a big girl that even the doctor was shocked! If this all doesn't work then we are going to the ENT (we have already been there for 2 sets of tubes and removal of adenoids). Finally, we have to run the humidifier every night.

I would just wait a week or so and see how many your daughter gets. One is normal due to allergies and weather changes, but if she gets them frequently it is best if she is seen by her pediatrician just to make sure nothing is wrong. Good luck!