Question for moms/dads
 

My son gets terrible nose bleeds. They are bad...like a faucet. And they last a while. After he gets one, his head hurts and he has dark circles under his eyes...lately, his eyes are getting red. I've taken him to the doctor and they never do anything. They suggest cauterizing the vessels. Has anyone ever had this done/done to their child? I do at what I can at home (saline rinse, humidifier, etc...) but he gets them so often that I'm thinking about this. I just don't want to subject him to any unnecessary pain. I have had my nose broken 4 times and there is nothing like having severe pain in your nose. I guess I just want to know if it will hurt him 1) really bad at the time he gets it done or 2) for any length of time afterwards.

My daughter gets nosebleeds often too. The humidifier usually takes care of it. Thank goodness for that. My pediatrician told me it could be the dry air, allergies, all sorts of reasons. When does he get them? What kind of doctor is he seeing? Have you tried ears, nose and throat doctor? Just suggestions.

He can get them any time, anywhere and any time of year. All of my kids have had to have a specialist (ENT) because of ear problems...including the baby - he just got tubes in April. They say it's al sinus related and prescribed him Singulair...it seemed to help for a while. But they are back and bad these days. They are really scary sometimes...plus, it horrifies him if it happens at school. And the school is always on me as if I haven't tried everything...I get really tired of it. Today, they tried to tell me he had pinkeye. He does not have pinkeye. His eyes were red due to the nosebleed which led to a stuffed nose (inflammation) and he had a hard time breathing and he did not rest well. I always take my kids to the doctor whether I think I need to or not.

I feel for you. I would be at my wits end at this point to.

I grew up with bad nosebleeds and my 6 year old daughter gets them, too. Most of the time they are at night and attributed to dry air. But it ends there.

If your child is having secondary symptons, too, like you explain, I'd get him to a specialist. Sounds to me like there's more going on here than just a simple nosebleed.

I've had him to one and will probably be taking him back for the cauterization. He's a little scared and I don't know much about it so I needed someone to tell me that it wouldn't hurt him, I guess. I should just suck it up...but it's hard...

What does that prodecure entail? Will they put him under when they do it? If that is the case, he won't feel a thing.

See, I don't know - they have never fully explained anything to me except that it is an in-office procedure. I think I'm going to do some research...

How are the kiddo's? I got rid of two last night! The girls...they both had birthday slumber parties to attend. There is this weird new "trend" in birthday parties around here...parents are renting motel rooms and swimming and sleeping over there. I don't think I like it. I don't even like my kids running around in a motel when I'm there with them...I keep them close to me at all times. What do you think about that? Would you let your child sleep over at a motel when you weren't there?

Last night, Bree's best friend did this for her birthday party. If this girl hadn't been her best friend for 5 years (and I know the parents well)...I wouldn't have agreed to it but...I get these kinds of invitations for all of my kids from people I don't even know. My kids get soooo mad at me but I just don't like it.

No, no parties at motels. My kids are only 7 and 3, but I still don't like it.

Bree just got home. She's never going to one of those things again. The mom was smoking in the room!!! My kids have athsma and Bree is allergic to smoke!! The girl's mom knows that!! God! I'm pissed...mainly at Bree for not telling me when I called to check on her!! Grrrr.....