Name: Meg

Problem: My son has sudden, unexplained nosebleeds. We have increased the humidity in our home (the only suggestion from the Dr.), but it doesn't seem to help. He does not have hemophilia. Any ideas?

Solution posted by Mary:You may want to try a vitamin C supplement. It worked for my nine year old when he was five. I don't know why it worked, the suggestion was offered to me by a woman who worked in a health food store. Even if it is not successful in stopping the nosebleeds, it is not harmful in the correct dosage.

Another solution posted by "Dee2":I had this problem when I was young, and my son also had the problem with nose bleeds, since the age of two. My general M.D. said the same as the others, but my chiropractor told me to increase his intake of citrus, and it works! If he sucks/eats oranges or lemons he doesn't get them as often. Try it, it helped my son.

Another solution posted by "Mabear":I was glad to see your problem posted because my 9 year old son also gets "cluster nosebleeds" maybe twice/three times a year. One thing is certain though. They ALWAYS first start in the spring. What a puzzle. No one knows why!? I hope you get more solutions because the problem is our families too!:-)

Another solution posted by "KA": My 10-year-old daughter started getting nosebleeds when she was approx. 1 year old. As she has gotten older, she's gotten fewer and fewer of them, but they still tend to come in "clusters" -- now she may have only 2 or 3 episodes a year, where she'll get them for 1-3 days in a row. We've been unable to find any cause, but my husband said that when he was a kid, he frequently had nosebleeds, so you might check with other members of your family to see if there may be some hereditary component. We've also found that certain medicines -- i.e. Robitussin -- is guaranteed to start nosebleeds, and any antihistamine given for any duration over a few days may start them. I've also been told that the problem may lie in the thin-ness of the membranes in the nose, & perhaps the blood vessels lie too close to the surface & so it's much "easier" for the nose to start bleeding. Unfortunately, the best we've been able to find out is that some kids get 'em & some don't! As a result, though, we sure do know lots of ways to get blood out of clothes, & our daughter never panics when she has a nosebleed (we've found that she's much calmer about it, as a rule, than most adults!)

Another solution posted by Ann: Have you had his blood count checked to make sure he has adequate platelets for clotting? Probably they did this when they checked for hemophilia, but some other things can make a person not have adequate platelets.