| Title: | Parenting |
| Notice: | Previous PARENTING version at MOIRA::PARENTING_V3 |
| Moderator: | GEMEVN::FAIMAN Y |
| Created: | Thu Apr 09 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1292 |
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I've got a small problem... My 21 month-old daughter
Allison has woken up three times in the last month with
bad bloody noses. The doctor said it's common for this time
of year. The blood pressure is fine. We have had a humidifier
in her room all winter. The doctor suggested some Vaseline
before she goes to bed. Has anyone else had this problem and
if so, any ideas?
Brian
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| 1264.1 | trim her fingernails? | POWDML::KNELSON | Thu Mar 27 1997 15:31 | 1 | |
Maybe she's picking her nose in her sleep? | |||||
| 1264.2 | Nothing last night.... | SUBPAC::BJUBINVILLE | CMP Equipment Engineering | Thu Mar 27 1997 19:29 | 6 |
re-1 good idea but we checked that already too... Actually,
the doctor checked as well. I'm probably going to get a bigger
humidifier next year.
BJ
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| 1264.3 | TUXEDO::BENOIT | Fri Mar 28 1997 13:20 | 15 | ||
> before she goes to bed. Has anyone else had this problem and > if so, any ideas? I had this problem myself for my entire childhood and well into adulthood. Humidifiers can help, and vaseline can work wonders. However, if it's bad enough and persists long enough the only solution is to have any blood vessels that are too close to the surface of the skin cauterized. (which doesn't hurt, trust me.) Ear, nose, and throat specialists do this as a routine office procedure, at least on adults. Just don't do with your daughter what my mother did with me. My mother told me (when I was six) that if I didn't stop having nosebleeds she was going to take me to the doctor to "burn them out". I decided that burn meant hurt, and got into the habit of hiding my nosebleeds (even the really bad ones) from my parents. Looking back, I really wish I'd had that cautery done in childhood. | |||||
| 1264.4 | ABACUS::CURRAN | Fri Mar 28 1997 15:11 | 20 | ||
I had the same thing, only I had my cauterized. It didn't hurt as I
remember, but still to this day, I occasionally will get one. My
stepson gets them, his mom used to go into this hysterical state and
rush him to the hospital everytime his nose would bleed ( I kid you
not, everytime at anytime) because his dad had the same thing, we
taught him what to do about nosebleeds tilting your head back apply ice
pak to the back of the head, hold the top of your nose...most of all,
keep the child calm. My nephew is so used to getting nose bleeds that
he immediately lies down, no matter where he is..we thought he got
really hurt one day when all the kids were playing, cause you saw him,
then you didn't, he was laying on the ground...when we got to him, he
had a nose bleed and he was taught to lie down immediately and apply
pressure to his nose...so he did! smart kid.
I would think that once the warmer weather comes, her nosebleeds will
stop, it's more than likely the dryness in the house that's causing it.
I read in the parents mag, that a house in the winter is as dry as the
Sierha desert. That's wild isn't it.
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| 1264.5 | vaseline on a q-tip | PASTA::UMBRELLO | Fri Mar 28 1997 15:56 | 7 | |
My son will be 3 years old next week and he has had nose bleeds on and
off (usually during the winter months) for the past year. We tried the
humidifier too, but the best thing that worked for us is the vaseline.
We put a bit on the tip of a q-tip and "lightly" rub the inside of both
his nostrils before going to bed and he hasn't had an incident since.
/Karen
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| 1264.6 | ABACUS::CURRAN | Mon Mar 31 1997 10:12 | 4 | ||
all this talk of bloody noses....my stepson sprouted 2 of them this
weekend.,.. I got one on saturday, he got two on sunday and my nephew
got one sunday night....geesh..
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