Dangerous Nosebleeds

My 10 year old daughter was recently having bad nosebleeds as well due to allergies/dry weather. I finally wound up taking her to see the ENT and they do a procedure that will cauterize the vessel inside the nose that keeps bleeding. We had to go back twice as she was bleeding out of both sides but have not had one nosebleed since then. Also, a saline spray during the day is good and my doctor also recommended a product called Ponaris. I found it at CVS and you have to ask the pharmacist for it behind the counter. I put a little on a q-tip and swab her nose with that at night. It is very soothing and has worked great!! Good Luck.

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Nosebleeds often occur when the mucous membranes are dry. You may try a saline nasal spray and a humidifier in her room at night. Air conditioners dry out the air in your house and can cause the nasal dryness. If it is caused by alleriges, get her to an allergist... who may have some better advice! Good luck!!

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Hello G.,

I know it is very scary to see so much blood, but the nose has a lot of vessels that bleed easily. What I have seen ( I'm a nurse of 19 years) is that due to allergies, dry air, etc, the nose bleeds at night. Put a humidifier in your daughter's room while she sleeps, this will add moisture to the air. If you cannot get a nose bleed to stop after 10 minutes of holding pressure, you should seek medical attention.

Good luck!
B.

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Yes I have had this happen to my 5 yr old daughter ever since 1 yr old. Then, I asked her primary care physician, and like you said allergies and very thin blood vessel. Said it was ok, that she would grow out of it. Over the years she has had nosebleeds here and there, sometimes several day in a row, sometimes none for several weeks. A couple of months ago she started having nosebleeds while we slept but she would wake up and handle her own nosebleed. Motherly instinct would wake me up everytime though and had me very worried. First thing that crossed my mind was anemia, or worse leukemia. So I scheduled an appointment with ENT (ear, nose and throat doctor). He said the same thing I heard about 4 yrs ago, but prescribed Nasonex. One spray every night for 1 month, and hasn't had a nosebleed since.

I noticed that the nosebleeds increased with the pressure, not necessarily the heat. I hope this may be of some help.

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G. ,
take her to a ear nose thoart specialist ,maybe hane algery test ran on her if its getting the bad you need to something soon
L.

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