Child Having Frequent Nose Bleeds. What Could Be The Reason?

Posted on Sun, 27 Oct 2013

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Question : I am concerned about my 4 years old sons nosebleeds. He has at least one a day they are light but with bright red blood. He also has been napping daily which
He stopped doing a couple years ago. He does pick his nose a lot which we try and curb.

Answered by Dr. Uma Rajah Ananth (54 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
mostly due to nose picking

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

You are correct!

Nose picking is a major cause of nose bleeds.

Especially when the nostrils dry up due to bad weather.

However you show him to the ENT doctor and also get a blood test done for bleeding tendencies.

Good luck

God bless

Dr Uma

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar