My son has been getting nosebleeds he was getting them one maybe two a week but recently he has been getting 7 a day, (no he is not picking his nose, punching hiomself, or even shoving things up his nose)

what could cause nosebleeds and how can i stop these happening? they are not painfull in anyway, just annoying!!

Anaemia.
Used to happen to me when I was younger.
Annoying?
I'll say, I once missed an entire episode of Batman (the Adam Ward/ Burt West TV series) because of a damned nosebleed...

But get the doc's opinion too.

My son has been getting nosebleeds he was getting them one maybe two a week but recently he has been getting 7 a day


Stop punching him! :eek:

Take him to a doctor and see what they say. :shrug:

quite a few things, anemia as was said before. High blood pressure, capilleries very close to the surface (concidering the nose is a high ware area), hot weather (because more blood is pumped to the surface creating a higher pressure in the capilleries near the surface). There are also more malignat reasons for it.

Take him to a quack

does he sniff cocaine?

does he sniff cocaine?

very funny!!

Stop punching him! :eek:

Take him to a doctor and see what they say. :shrug:

i am not punching him! :rolleyes:

very funny!!

is that funny as in: of course he does, or: of course he doesn't.

I don't know how old he is. Maybe he is one of those teenagers.

is that funny as in: of course he does, or: of course he doesn't.

I don't know how old he is. Maybe he is one of those teenagers.

He's 9, so he's not an annoying teenager,

I got nosebleeds a lot as a child. Our house was too dry apparently which led to my nasal cavities drying out, cracking, bleeding. A humidifier was put in my room and the nosebleeds stopped.

I got nosebleeds a lot as a child. Our house was too dry apparently which led to my nasal cavities drying out, cracking, bleeding. A humidifier was put in my room and the nosebleeds stopped.

hi orle,

i took him to the doctors today, and he needs a small operation to fuse the blood vessels in his nose, until then there isnt a lot the doctors can do, but if they get to heavy and frequent then i should take him to the nearest hospital

so they are going to cauterize his nose? Will it be done in an office or hospital? Did they say why?

I get nosebleeds pretty frequently. In fact my nose has no regard for the appropriateness of the situation at all. I've had them at drunken parties (and not because I'd been fighting, I might add) during busy periods at work and in lessons at school.

You seem to worry that something's wrong with your son, but when I was younger I'd often have weeks where my nose bled every day. You learn to deal with them and in the vast majority of cases they're harmless. I was told it was because I had a weak blood vessel in the upper part of my nose, which burst under pressure. In fact this release of tension may have even been beneficial.
Having said that, no-one on this forum is going to be able to perform a proper diagnosis. My dad who, unlike me, had never really suffered from frequent nosebleeds, was hospitalised two years ago when a bleed didn't stop for 24 hours. He lost a fair bit of blood and had to have some of his inner nasal passages cauterized. With this in mind, I would play it safe and take your child to a doctor.

my nephew had a lot of nosebleeds, but it turned out he was always in fights.

Nosebleeds happen frequently to people in a dry climate, doesnt matter if its hot or cold. Try humidifying the air in your house. You can do this by buying a humidifer at a drug store, make sure it is a cold mist one, or boiling water in your kitchen. The drug store one would work better if you can afford one. Good luck.

so they are going to cauterize his nose? Will it be done in an office or hospital? Did they say why?

it will be done in the ENT department in hospital, he will be kept in over night because of the amount of medications he is already takeing and because the blood vessels in his nose are bigger than what they should be, and that cauterizeing is the one main way to reduce nosebleeds,

like i said they are not painfull they are just annoying for him.

I hope it works. I use to get some really bad nose bleeds so i get what your going through.(on one since I bled all over trying to stop it my brother when he walked into our shared bathroom asked who got shot in their)

...like i said they are not painfull they are just annoying for him.


How long has this been going on?

"A single nosebleed is rarely cause for alarm, but frequent nosebleeds might indicate a more serious problem. If you get nosebleeds more than once a week, you should see your doctor. Most cases of frequent nosebleeds are easily treated. Sometimes blood vessels inside the nose become irritated and don't heal. This happens frequently in teens who have ongoing allergies or frequent colds. A doctor may have a solution if you have this problem.

If your doctor rules out a sinus infection, allergies, or irritated blood vessels, he or she may order other tests to see why you're getting frequent nosebleeds. Rarely, a bleeding disorder could be a possibility, although it's unlikely that a bleeding disorder will first show up as a nosebleed."

Source: http://kidshealth.org/teen/safety/first_aid/nosebleeds.html#

Also a very informative website: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/764719-overview

How long has this been going on?

he has been getting nosebleeds one maybe two a week for about a year but very recently he has been getting them 9 times a day, i just hope it works out for him

My son has been getting nosebleeds he was getting them one maybe two a week but recently he has been getting 7 a day, (no he is not picking his nose, punching hiomself, or even shoving things up his nose)

what could cause nosebleeds and how can i stop these happening? they are not painfull in anyway, just annoying!!

The fact is, most kids pick their noses even if they say they don't. But I highly doubt he would get seven nosebleeds a day just by picking his nose. Your best bet is to see a doctor.

My son has been getting nosebleeds he was getting them one maybe two a week but recently he has been getting 7 a day, (no he is not picking his nose, punching hiomself, or even shoving things up his nose)

what could cause nosebleeds and how can i stop these happening? they are not painfull in anyway, just annoying!!



Thanks you for the post.
Hi guys, Im a newbie. Nice to join this forum.

Is it cold and dry were you are I get nose bleeds in the winter due to the cold dry air the Capillaries in my nose are very close to the surface and they crack and bleed. At least this is what the Doc told me. He is not under going Chemo or any thing like that is he. If it is not cold and dry were you are I would get him to the Doc as nose bleeds can be a sign of things far far worse then dried out nose.

My son has been getting nosebleeds he was getting them one maybe two a week but recently he has been getting 7 a day, (no he is not picking his nose, punching hiomself, or even shoving things up his nose)

what could cause nosebleeds and how can i stop these happening? they are not painfull in anyway, just annoying!!

I know, I had them last year too, what I think happens is that 1. theres dry weather, 2. allergies,

The first time you get a nosebleed would be like any other, kidna hard to do, but if you have them that frequently, than that means that your blood vessel has tried healing over, but broke again because of the above two points, it's pretty hard to keep from happening, and it doesn't frequently happen, just out of curiosity how old is he? It may have to do with age, when I got them I was 15-16 years old, and I had a 1-2 week episode, though not seven times a day, and havent had it again.

It could be an age thing.

I've had nosebleeds for most my life and some of them are a bit dramatic at times. I live in pretty much the lowest point in colorado and the combination of cold and dry weather pretty much guarentees me at least 3 bleeds a week sometime 2 or 3 a day!

Ive gotten to the point where they bleed so bad I just hop in the shower and let it bleed out until it stops sometimes 10-15 mins...plugging it or trying to stop it just makes me choke on blood clots and makes a mess all around.

I've had my nose cauterized 3 times and still hasnt fixed the problem. Its EXTREMELY annoying especially how inconvienient/embarrassing it is when it decides to bleed.

If you cant fix it your kid will eventually adapt and accept it as a part of his life. Which sucks...

My son has been getting nosebleeds he was getting them one maybe two a week but recently he has been getting 7 a day, (no he is not picking his nose, punching hiomself, or even shoving things up his nose)

what could cause nosebleeds and how can i stop these happening? they are not painfull in anyway, just annoying!!

there are 3 bloodvesseles at the top of the nasel cavety if these rupture it can cause nose bleeds.. when he gets the DO NOT have him tilt his head back for some reason EVERYONE thinks thats what ur suppose to do and is completely false