Nose bleeds every morning, what to do?

shabbatiscoming

Tue, Dec 03 2013, 9:52 am

My daughter has woken up the last three mornings with a nose that had been bleeding. She already sleeps with a humidifier so her room is not so dry. I really do not know what to do to help her not wake up with a bloodied nose.
Does anyone have any other ideas?

pickle321

Tue, Dec 03 2013, 10:57 am

maybe it's too hot in the room, I get nosebleeds often and it helps to put vaseline in my nose before I go to sleep. if it continues, I would get it checked out by a doctor because recurring nosebleeds can be a sign of something more serious

shabbatiscoming

Tue, Dec 03 2013, 11:03 am

pickle321 wrote:

it is definitely not too hot in her room, the heat is. to even on in he house over night.

SingALong

Tue, Dec 03 2013, 11:07 am

Ditto talking to her pediatrician, may be a deviated septum or the blood vessel in a right spot. I think there are procedures that deal with that.

My dd age 6 has frequent nosebleeds. She has this tiny nose, runs in my dh's family, along with the nosebleed issue. A relative told me there's something to do to help prevent nosebleeds, I'm planning on checking it out.

greenfire

Tue, Dec 03 2013, 11:08 am

her nasal veins are sensitive - use hemorrhoid ointment to keep the swelling down ...

if this becomes a constant issue - an ent specialist can cauterize the veins that bleed ... a quick office procedure

shabbatiscoming

Tue, Dec 03 2013, 11:09 am

SingALong wrote:

if you find out, can you post it back here?
I did already tell my daughter, 5 1/2, that if she woke up with a body nose again we would go to the doctor, so I guess we shall see tomorrow morning.

shabbatiscoming

Tue, Dec 03 2013, 11:11 am

greenfire wrote:

what swelling? She is not swollen? Also the bleeding is usually stopping by the time she wakes up. It's all over her face and a little bit wet when she wakes up, but not gushing anymore. But no swelling.

greenfire

Tue, Dec 03 2013, 11:19 am

unless she was punched in the nose - when a nose bleeds, it's the veins inside that are swollen ... are you looking up her nasal passages ?

if you don't believe me take her to a pediatric Ear Nose Throat specialist ...

tweety1

Tue, Dec 03 2013, 11:23 am

She might need her blood vessel cortorized. A painless 2 min procedure done by an ent. My dd had frequent nosebleeds and I solved it by giving her bio flavonoid -1/2 tsp 2x a day and pantothenic acid 1 tsp 2x a day.

greenfire

Tue, Dec 03 2013, 11:25 am

http://www.webmd.com/first-aid.....ments

my daughter looked like she was straight out of a horror movie every time her nose would bleed ... until an ent cauterized the vein that was the culprit

some kids/people have more dried up nasal mucus than others & you need to teach her to clean out her nose with water ... moisturize her inner passages ... keep a humidifier in her room ... to prevent the nose bleeds

Ruchel

Tue, Dec 03 2013, 11:48 am

I got cauterized (sp???) twice. Once as a child, in these times it was still a red hot iron. Don't ask.
Second time as a teen, new method, no pain just lots of mucus afterwards.

moonbeam

Tue, Dec 03 2013, 12:17 pm

My daughter had this happen last year and she would bleed a LOT. Turned out she needed the heater lower. If we keep our heat below a certain temp at night she's fine, but if the heat hits that number or higher it results in a major bloody nose for her.
I'd recommend turning your thermostat down at least 5 degrees tonight and see if that helps.

5*Mom

Tue, Dec 03 2013, 12:36 pm

The weather has been exceptionally dry here over the last few days. Drier than a humidifier can keep up with. Pray for rain. My guess is it'll resolve when the dryness passes.

In the meantime, increase her fluids.

amother

Tue, Dec 03 2013, 12:55 pm

My DH has been having nosebleeds lately. it may be time to cauterize it again. He had it done 3 times so far over the years.

Like the other poster said use a humidifier, put Vaseline in the nose and go to an ENT.

shabbatiscoming

Tue, Dec 03 2013, 1:32 pm

greenfire wrote:

Greenfire, it was not that I did not believe you, I did not understand, thats all. I thought you meant her nose being swollen.
Thank you. I was going to wait one more day to see what happens and then go to the doctor.

shabbatiscoming

Tue, Dec 03 2013, 1:34 pm

greenfire wrote:

http://www.webmd.com/first-aid/nosebleeds-causes-and-treatments

my daughter looked like she was straight out of a horror movie every time her nose would bleed ... until an ent cauterized the vein that was the culprit

some kids/people have more dried up nasal mucus than others & you need to teach her to clean out her nose with water ... moisturize her inner passages ... keep a humidifier in her room ... to prevent the nose bleeds

She sleeps with a humidifier all winter. She has had it on in her room for at least the last month and a half. It only started two or three mornings ago.
I guess part of the problem is that she hs not figured out how to blow her nose, so she definitely has a full nose sometimes. Sad

shabbatiscoming

Tue, Dec 03 2013, 1:36 pm

eemachana wrote:

As I wrote in my second post, our hear is not on at all at night in our house, so this is not an issue at all.