<p>Help- my D has nosebleeds, she has had the propensity all her life, but this past year they seem to be more frequent. It seems like once a week, sometimes 5 minutes, some times nearly an hour. Her last one she showed me the blood in her sink and it was truly impressive how much blood there was! At least a quarter cup if not more. It was gross.</p>
<p>How do you know if there is anything that can be done? What can be done? We have a huge deductible, so I am not big on seeig doctors for anything they cannot fix, so we don’t really have a close relationship with the doc.</p>
<p>We are not in a high altitude area and we are not in a dry climate nor does she have high blood pressure.</p>
<p>Any one experienced this? Found a good fix it?</p>
<p>My daughter’s ex boyfriend suffered lots of nosebleeds - he had a procedure done where they cauterized blood vessels inside his nose. She said it seemed to help.</p>
<p>How old is she…I had them as bad as that when I was young.</p>
<p>My parents would lay me down and have me put an ice pack behind my neck, with my head tilted up…while pinching my nose. my parents would also put vaseline around the base of my nose to help it clot</p>
<p>My children are all getting them right now because of Allergies. Our youngest (14) has gotten one everyday for the past few weeks, it lasts for about 5 min. We live in NC which is not a dry area, but because of the drought is drier than normal…our doc said this is not uncommon because all of the pollen and no moisture it is causing issues. Our DS that is 18 also has been getting them, but so slight that he is spitting up bloody flem.</p>
<p>If your child is getting them all year then you need to bite the bullet, but if it is only during the allergy season, than buy a humidifier which can help alot</p>
<p>H has had nosebleeds all his life; D1 seemed to carry this trait on. Both have had asthma—H as a baby, D’s has gotten better since she was really young, but allergies seem to set that off. I’ve always assumed that was related. The cold cloths across the eyes and pinching the nose (up at the bridge) seems to have been the most effective with these 2. I’ve only had a handful of nosebleeds as an adult, and all seem to be around the time I’ve had probs with allergies.</p>
<p>Believe it or not just because it is snowing does not mean there is enough moisture in the air…we lived in AK and ID, both got a lot of snow, AK it also like to spit rain, but ID was a high plains desert. Try putting a bowl of water in her bedroom, if it evaporates alot, there isn’t enough moisture, however it should reduce the bloody noses because she is getting the moisture</p>
<p>If it’s snowing, you must be using heat which means the air in the house is dry. My son had nosebleeds in middle school and we put a few houseplants in his room and kept them very watered. It helped a lot.</p>
<p>somemom,
One of my sons gets nosebleeds in bunches, too. The doctor (and others) suggested that he put a little tiny bit of Vaseline inside the nostril. Seems pretty gross, but they get used to it and it keeps the inside lining of the nose nice and moist. Generally, it is the same little vessel which keeps opening. There is always the possibility suggested previously of going to an ear, nose and throat specialist and having the offending vessel cauterized. I’d try the Vaseline tip first.</p>
<p>S1 and S2 both get them frequently, though S1’s are less frequent now that he’s older. We definitely see a lot more of them during the winter when the heat is on and the indoor air is dryer.</p>
<p>DH & D aren’t susceptible, but I was when I was younger. </p>
<p>In general, the only preventive measure that we’ve had any luck with is the one others have stressed - upping the humidity level. A room humidifier can help. S2 can’t really tolerate saline spray (he’s only 5 and the cost/benefit isn’t persuasive enough for him, I guess ), but it helps S1.</p>
<p>Definetly check her iron level…she can easily become anemic if she has too many in a short period.</p>
<p>BTW dog bowl doesn’t count since you can’t see if the water is evaporating…Use a large bowl with a wide open surface…also put one in the kitchen so that the whole house is getting more moisture. If you have a basement that is finished she may want to sleep down there for a couple of days. If she does and the bleeding stops it should be a clear sign that it is a moisture issue</p>
<p>I forgot to turn on the humidifier on our furnace this winter, and, after a short while, I started getting nose bleeds. Turned it on and they stopped.</p>
<p>Not to say that your D’s situation is that simple, but it could be alleviated somewhat with humidity.</p>
<p>This is very unlikely (especially because you said that your D has had them all her life), but a sudden, heavy occurence nosebleds can be a symptom of leukemia.</p>
<p>That’s probably not it, no bruising, no weakness, no exhaustion, none of those other symptoms that bring people to leukemia, but thank you for tossing even the bad possibilities into consideration</p>
<p>If she has heavy and/or long periods, takes a while to stop bleeding, bruises easily, has gums that bleed, or anything like that, she may want to see a hematologist and get some simple blood tests done. There are bleeding disorders that effect women, and there are mild forms of some bleeding disorders where the major symptoms are frequent/heavy nosebleeds, heavy periods in women, etc. There may be medications to help stop heavy bleeds when they happen, and if she does have a mild bleeding disorder it’s generally just good information to have in case she ever needs surgery or something like that. It’s not something to worry about; any serious disorder would probably have been discovered already, but if she has any other bleeding issues that she’s written off before, it’s something to look into.</p>
<p>There are a lot of potentially useful suggestions here. Please have a formal medical evaluation, ie pay to see the doctor for an evaluation. Once you know the cause you can choose the correct treatment, cautery may be useful. You can go to the doctor armed with the suggestions here, asking for the details of each type. Cautery is often just the touch of a stick with the chemical on its tip to burn the blood vessel, brief pain and done.</p>
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), but it helps S1.</p>