Seeking Suggestions for Stopping Toddler's Nighttime Nose Bleeds

L.,

I really feel for you. I had the same problem with my son. I brought a humidifier and placed it right next to his bed at night. Sometimes I had to wake up in the middle of the night though and refill it with water again. I didn't mind this so much as I did the nose bleeds that would scare me to death. This method reduced the nose bleeds tremendously. If and when he woke with a bleed I would put a cold wet towel on the back of his neck, have him to tilt his head backwards and also put a cold, wet towel on his forehead at the same time, (you talking about multi-tasking) intil it would stop. I thought this would never end but it did as he got older it became less and less also while using the humidifier. So just hang in there.

Hi L.,

My daughter used to wake up with nosebleeds when she was younger. She is 10 now and haven't had any more nose bleeds. We bought a humidifier and it definitely helped. The chiropractor helped as well.

L., you got some good advice already, but just in case.... You may want to be sure she's eating enough vitamin C foods and eating enough leafy green vegetables so her blood vessel walls are strong.

D. S (mom to 5, granny to 1)

I have struggled with nose bleeds all my life. My EENTs have always stressed the cool air humidifier and lubricating the nostrils during the day with SALINE spray (in addition to my allergy spray). They also give me a lubricant gel to swab in my nostrils at night called Entsol, but neosporin on a most cotton swab works wonders. Just dont gob it in there otherwise your little one will have trouble breathing through the nose.

L.:
My husband said that as a child his parents used a humdifier to help him with his nose bleeds. When he became 7 years old, he started taking a natural product that stopped his nose bleeds.
P. S

Yes it would be good to have a humidifier in her room, but what you really need to do is before she goes to bed at night get a q-tip and put vaseline on the tip and put in her nose. When the childs nose bleed the nose inside is dry needs wettness. Do that for a whole week and also get some nasal spray for kids and spray her nose in the mornings and in the evenings around 4-6pm so the nose inside can be moist when she lays down.

Childcare Provider in Douglasville and a mother of 3

i agree - the humidifier will help. but i would also see if she has allergies - possibly get a test done at the dr.

Hi,

This is what I do for my son.

1. Cool Mist Humidifier. Even in the summer. It catches the dust and brings it down to the ground. My pedi recommended it.

2. Keeping his room cold at night. He can use a lot of blankets but the room has to be cool.

3. Spray his nose w/ regular nasal spray.

When he would get a bloody nose we would gently pinch his nose w/ tissue. 2- bring his body temperture down with a towel that we put cold water on. It would eventually stop.

good luck

Hi L.,
I would try chiropractic care for her. There are many issues with the cranium, cervical and sinus cavity areas that could contribute to this. It is a very easy fix. I had the same issue as a child and it worked for me. Good luck!

Just guessing: Georgia. Allergens nearly 12 months of the year and if your daughter's allergic to dust/mold/etc, it really is all the time.

She's probably picking in her sleep b/c her nose itches. On comes the nosebleed. Probably a humidifier would help. A product called Ayr may help. A hypoallergenic pillow and pillowcase, not letting pets on her bed (in her room?), washing her clothes with dye- and perfume-free detergent. An appointment with a pediatric allergist -- perhaps a prescription for Singulair...

Good luck!

I LOVE having a daughter!!! Girls are a lot of fun, aren't they?

yes a humidifer is necessary during the summer many times for people of all ages. The air conditioner takes humidity out of the air yes and it's very drying to the sinus's I used to put a little vasiline around my middle childs nose holes and use a humidifer in his room to help him with not just bleeding but sinus infections yes even in the summer months he got them. If the inside of the nose gets to dry it's a great way to get sinus infections as well. My best wishes to you hope the little one feels better soon with no nose bleeds.

If all else fails, take her to the DR. My nose felt dry inside yet plugged up with boogers and I was taking tissue trying to get at them so I could breath. Well what was actually going on was I had some how gotten a bacterial infection in my nose!! Hurt like heck too!! The DR gave me an ointment to put up there (used a q-tip) for a few weeks and within a couple of days my nose was feeling better. But before I went to the DR, my nose was bleeding from me picking at it and what not. Also, allergies can aggervate this sort of stuff as well. Talk to her DR about that too. The snot might be either blocked up high in her sinsues or running down the back of her throat which in turn isn't lubercating the lining of her nose which can cause aggravation to it too.

Good luck and I hope you can get her nose bleeds under control!!
S.

Is she eating a lot of grapes? When I was I was getting nose bleeds nearly every day. Now if I eat grapes it's just a very few and never daily.

I highly recommend a vaporizer (cool air) but put a bath mat under it to catch the mist and wash rug weekly--to keep mold down. Also if you can my ped. when I was a kid told my Mom to take a q-tip and dip it into vaseline jelly and line the inside of my nose, just a little goes a long way. this keeps the membranes in the nose moist so they don't rupture. works perfectly! good luck!
Johna

This may or may not be what is going on with your daughter, but as a young child, I had many nosebleeds at night. I would wake up every night with them, and often dreamed that bugs were crawling near my mouth (the tickling from the blood running, no doubt). Anyway, that is neither here nor there. Turns out, I had a very thin vein in my nose that needed cauterizing. After much distress over finding me lying in a pool of blood nightly, my mother took me to the doctor who discovered the thin vein, cauterized it, and I had no further problems with nosebleeds my entire life. I am now 59. I still have the thin vein, as it shows up near the tip of my nasal opening, and I have it cauterized now and then just for appearance sake, but it has not bled again in all these years. Hope this may help.

Your little one may be experiencing "dry nose" membranes. Fingers in the nose can aggravate small capillaries that will bleed. A small amount of Vaseline in the nose before bed moistens the area and usually does the trick. If these are chronic, have them checked by your doctor. My son was plagued by nosebleeds until he hit puberty, then they suddenly stopped.
Try the lubrication and see if that works. Baby Vicks is OK to use also. It is not as strong as the Adult Vicks but lightly medicated.This is especially good with a stuffy nose.
Good luck,
Cathy

My daughter has bad nose bleeds. The ped told me there is a otc med you can put up her nose. It is something like vaseline (saline gel). Ask the ped or pharmacy. I cant remember the name. Hope this helps!!!

Just some advice from my Ear Nose & Throat Dr. when I had a nosebleed. He said to never use Vaseline, Vicks, Mentholatum etc. in your nose because it weakens the walls of the vessels, causing major bleeds that won't stop, but to use a "clear" ointment like Neosporine, not a cream type. I had only one major nose bleed in my life, 12 hours it bled and they finally had to pack my nose, really uncomfortable to go through, worse when they take it out and it was caused by using Vaseline in the first place for a dry nose.
Just some food for thought! I have never ever had another one since I now use a clear ointment when my nose is dry.

Hey - My daughter was having nosebleeds and it turned out that she had high blood pressure and this was te body's way of correcting itself. I know it's a long shot, but you might want to get it checked. Good luck! L. C