Why does my child's nose always bleed?

Some children often have nose bleeding during their growth. The reason for nose bleeding is the rupture of capillaries in the nasal cavity. Many children may have hit their noses when they were young, which will cause the inner wall of the nasal cavity to be very thin. After a little damage, it will bleed frequently. So why do children always have nose bleeding?

Causes of frequent nose bleeding in children

1. The structure of a child's nose

Children's noses are different from adults' and are not as strong and firm as theirs. The site of nose bleeding in children is mostly located in the front part of the nasal cavity, that is, in front and below the nasal septum. There are many blood vessels here, but they are not deep. In addition, children's nasal mucosa is weak. Once it is hurt from the outside, the mucosa is easily damaged and swelled, making nosebleeds prone to occur.

2. Children's hygiene habits

Children are still in the early stages of developing hygiene habits, and many children are not able to maintain complete cleanliness and hygiene, so they have not yet been able to get rid of bad habits. Some children like to pick their noses with their fingers, which can easily cause injury to the mucous membrane and bleeding.

3. Climate issues

When the weather becomes dry, the mucous membranes in the nose will also dry and crust over, causing nosebleeds.

4. Vitamin Lack

Nose bleeding may also occur when the body lacks certain vitamins, such as vitamin C, K, and P, or when it lacks calcium.

5. Certain diseases

Any systemic disease that can cause abnormal blood pressure fluctuations, blood dysfunction, or damage to blood vessel walls can cause nose bleeding.

6. Cold

Sometimes some acute febrile illnesses can also cause nosebleeds. In addition to colds, typhoid fever, measles, hepatitis, etc. can also cause nosebleeds.

7. Genetics

If there is someone in the family with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, then the offspring may also have this disease because the lack of blood vessel constriction makes the nose bleed easily.

In addition to the above reasons, there are some people with idiopathic nosebleeds, called nosebleed patients.

For any disease, prevention is better than cure. Children’s nosebleeds can be serious or minor, but we cannot ignore it.