Nosebleeds ! Anything to be concerned about?

[katkouta]

DS1 2.6 has been getting a few nosebleeds recently, always in the night when he's sleeping. Usually he has it on
his finger too, so not sure if he's picking in his sleep
I suffered from them a lot as a child but not that young. There is quite a lot of blood too.
I will take him to the GP but wondered if any of you had experienced a similar thing and what

the outcome was or if it was of any concern.

I should add, he hasn't been ill or anything and this has been over a period of months.

I think it wouldnt hurt to take him to docs and you should od that. But in the interim dont worry, nose bleeds are very very rarely a sign of anything more sinsester. If you look on NHs there is some good info.

My DS suffers from nosebleeds a lot he is 3.4 and has had them on and off for good year or so.

The last nosebleed he had wouldnt stop for ages to phoned GP who told me not to worry about it - it looks worse than it is and its really nothing to worry about as long as he doesnt have any other symptoms or unwell.

I suffered terribly as well when i was little until i had my nose quarterised ouch

Both my girls regularly get nosebleeds, one every 1-3 weeks. I've been to the doctor, and my eldest was referred to an ENT specialist in hospital. They gave her a cream to apply 3 times a day for 10 days and it has gone away for now (touch wood, it's only been 2 weeks). They are very common in children. My girls are 4 and 2.5 years. My husband had them as a child. If there are no other symptoms then I don't think it's sinister either but if you're worried you should go to the doctor for piece of mind.

DH suffered from terrible nosebleeds as a child - my MIL says she had to throw away pillows more often than she could really afford to!

He had his nose cauterised, but that didn't help. It wasn't until he was in his teens and they diagnosed hayfever and gave him medication that the nosebleeds stopped.

Both mine have suffered from nosebleeds it looks ghastly doesn't it? Nosebleeds in mine started about age 2 my oldest age 8 still gets them occasionally. My oldest nosebleeds are worse but she gets really worried when she gets one which makes it last longer.Picking, colds and growth spurts seem to set hers off.

If you are worried a trip to the docs isn't going to hurt and if down the line if any treatment is needed at least they have on record when it started. Neither of mine have had treatment although cauterising was mentioned once I declined and said we would see how it went.

Thanks all for your replies, it puts me at ease. I'll go to the docs should it happen again.

IMO nosebleeds can be dairy intolerance.You could try changing yr. Dcs milk.

Hi Katkouta, i really wouldn't worry about it. My DD has been a huge sufferer of the dreaded nose bleed...she's had them since under one, and if you think once a week is bad my DD would have them 2/3 times daily! The docs don't do much about it unless it's this bad - the last straw was when she started bleeding through her eyes, now that's scary but also not a huge concern as it's all connected and it's a build up of the pressure. Anyway a trip to the ENT specialist did the trick, doc found a big vessel that needed cortorising and did it there and then....not a whimper from DD, no complaints or nosebleeds since. She's 5 by the way, that's how long she and I have put up with them.