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Bloody noses??

post #1 of 7
5/30/06 at 5:29pm
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Jake is 3 and he has been getting at LEAST 4 bloody noses in one day, some days up to 8. I know it's not him picking his nose cuz I watch him, he'll be playing then suddenly his nose is bleeding. Or it will start bleeding while he is sleeping. It will stop within a few mins but it seems like just a few hours later his nose is bloody again I am not really sure what is causing it. It's very humid, pollen in the air like crazy, a typical NJ weather. So I am thinking it is allergies, but I was wondering if anyone had a child go through this, getting bloody noses like 20 times in one week with allergies.

Any suggestions?? TIA
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post #2 of 7
5/30/06 at 5:52pm
Not my kids, but *I* do. I have to use Saline Spray about once an hour, and I sleep with a humidifier at night. If not, I'll get a bloody nose every time I blow my nose, or sometimes even just twitch it. But with it being a child, I'd have the doctor check it out just to be on the safe side!
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post #3 of 7
5/30/06 at 6:19pm
I got frequent nose bleeds when I was a kid, and my older two were the same way. Our pediatrician recommended saline spray, but it was really hard getting them to let me put the spray in, so I didn't do it very often. Eventually, they outgrew the nose bleeding.
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post #4 of 7
5/30/06 at 6:30pm
Oh poor thing. My DH gets bloody noses all the time. They get worse in the winter when it's dry and then again in the spring/early summer because of allergies. Sometimes they are REALLY bad and he just goes and takes a shower because it's easier to just let it bleed in the tub.

I'd call the ped and ask what you should do for him.
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post #5 of 7
5/30/06 at 7:15pm
I get them from allergies too. It was worse when I was a kid. The others have said everything I know to do. I hope you can figure out a way to stop them soon.
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post #6 of 7
5/30/06 at 7:21pm
Yup. Sounds like it could be allergies. Check w/the ped and see what they recommend. They might want to check him. That sounds like an awful lot of nosebleeds.
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post #7 of 7
5/30/06 at 10:26pm
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Thank you all for your replies. I really do appricate it His reg. Dr is in China visiting his mother sooooo I will try tomorrow, maybe I will get another Dr I can talk to. Thanks agian.
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