Suggest treatment for nose bleed in kids
Patient: Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please typ. My daughter is 3 has suffered nose bleeds 5x plus a week for the last year. We saw an ent consultant today and he s booking her into hospital to be given general anasthetic as both blood vessels are enlarged in both nosterls and to have bloods takenim worried this could be more serious than he was letting on? Could you help with some info thanx. Doctor: Hi... by what you say I feel that he is expecting that there could be a hemangioma in the nasal cavity which is causing profuse and frequent bleeds like this. Probably he wants to explore the nasal cavity and confirm the same. That is the reason why he wants this exploration to be done under general anaesthesia. But as a pediatrician I would also like to rule out bleeding disorders and platelet related disorders also. I would investigate with prothrombin time, activated thromboplastin time, and platelet count.Regards - Dr. Sumanth