Yes, I think you did the right thing. I hope you can find the cause and get treatment. That is scary.

I also think you did the right thing. It's best to know that something bad isn't wrong. She's tired but now she is under doctor's care which is safer all the way around!

Be glad you did. It might have been worse.

Be the Mama Bear!

You Can apologize when she is a mom.

Another, yes.

It's nothing to mess with!

As a former school nurse I have dealt with a lot of nosebleeds and I absolutely think you did the right thing and showed excellent judgment.

It looked really professional when she came out of the treatment room yesterday with this kind of plastic tube placed to her cheek and over the ear, but when I learned it was really just a Tampon thing (don’t know if this post will show because of this word, Houzz has some weird filters) I questioned myself even more. I learned a long time ago not to leave these kind of things in a body for such a long time.

I'm pretty sure that, following consultation, I'd have drug my kid (now 54) to the doc, or to Emerg., when she was home ftom college.

ole joyful

Absolutely you did the right thing. They can turn dangerous.

I support your decision 100%. I do think they should have not had her wait so long. Maybe next time go to the emergency room at the hospital. More specialists there just in case. She's young- does not know when to worry.

Had that been me, I'd have gone straight to the ER when I couldn't connect with the Dr's office.

Some primary care offices do not have the equipment (nasal speculum), supplies (packing), and sometimes expertise, to treat nosebleed, and end up sending the patients to the ED. Recently had a patient (elderly man on warfarin) sent by ambulance from his doctors office to the ED. Encourage calling first.

You absolutely did the right thing. Nosebleeds are scary. Is the air in your house too dry?

I don’t think it’s too dry. Edited to say it is 47% currently.

Sorry to hear you're going through this, Iris. What a comfort to know your daughter will be at home with you for an extended period while this gets resolved.

My sister had a whopper that wouldn't stop a couple of months ago, and had other sister take her to er because she couldn't get it to stop. Since her funds are low right now, she decided (with suggestion from triage nurse,) to sit in the waiting room for a bit longer, knowing if it got worse she would have someone right there to help her. They did two things she hadn't: they showed her how to apply pressure higher up her nose and they put an icepack at the back of her neck. Both of these things helped to do the trick so she didn't have to have it cauterized.

Chances are the dry air (and the cabin pressure) in the airplane brought on your dd's nosebleed. Does she drink a ton of water while flying? Maybe she should also put some Vaseline in there before flying next. All that blood is scary-looking, so I'm sure I would have done the same as you. Great advice from Mdln.

Her college isn’t that far, so it was just a car ride. We did put an ice pack on her neck. I am glad it worked for your sister. It is kind of scary to see the bloody tissues piling up.

During my daughter's teen and college years, she'd get intermittent nosebleeds, oftentimes triggered by something as seemingly minor as blowing her nose. I can't remember what time of year it was; but even in the Houston area, if it's not arid due to wintertime, it'll be the A/C bringing the home humidity down. Her doctor also mentioned the pressure point sjerin referred to. That seems to do the trick.

Have her use saline gel. I was getting bad nose bleeds and had one for over 2 hours. I went to the emergency room and go no help at all and walked out after an hour. It finally stopped. It is very scary!!! I did everything the Dr's told me and nothing helped. I did stop taking an aspirin and stopped Fish oil. No problems in over a year now.

Get her nose cauterized as soon as possible. My late husband suffered from nosebleeds his entire life. Then he got prostate cancer and blood clots (yes, they DO go together), and a nosebleed quickly became a "get a mop and bucket" kind of thing. He had his nose cauterized and never again had a nosebleed. Said he could not understand why no one had ever recommended this before which could have stopped a lot of bother/staining/embarrassment.

You did do the right thing!

Nosebleeds that won't stop can be very scary. I think you did the right thing; better safe than sorry!

I second Anglophilia's advice. Have her nose cauterized as soon as possible. I suffered terrible...mop and bucket....nose bleeds when I was your daughter's age and often they took the place of my monthly menses. No one quite understood the correlation but one very old and wise doctor suggested my oft experienced anemia might have been a contributor. And while he was considering the issue...he cauterized my nose. That procedure needed repeating once or twice more during that particular time frame but the cauterization solved the problem for the rest of my years. I might add that I, too, suffered severe clotting problems and had to have major surgery to prevent much more serious problems from thrombophlebitis in both of my legs.

She has the appointment with the ear, nose, throat doctor Monday morning. I hope they can fix her up then.

A lot of amateur doctors here.

A nosebleed for an ENT is like a runny nose for a pediatrician. Not from a severity standpoint but because they see them constantly and (usually but not always) have the tools available for diagnosis and treatment. There can be causes other than surface blood vessels and that's why cauterization isn't always the approach taken immediately.

Good luck.

Ho..ho..ho! And it would appear that you're among them, Elmer.

I've been down the same path and those exact words are what I was told by the ENT. My problem was a vessel that bled repeatedly that could be fixed by cautery. There can also be polyps, tumors, and other things for which the remedy may involve more than a 5 minute procedure. That was also what I was told. Ho Ho Ho.

Useful info, mdln. I hope you caught where in relaying my ENT's comments I included that he said this was almost a daily thing he saw and he compared it to runny noses for a GP "Not from a severity standpoint but because they see them constantly".

If his characterization was wrong or misleading, that's okay. I was repeating what I heard - it was his thought, not mine.

Guess we will se what the doctor says. She can’t wait to get the rhino rocket out. Says it smells bad.

Well I'll take a chance to add my two cents. There's many many reasons why noses bleed. But IF, and that's a huge "if", nosebleeds appear to run in the person's family, there could be a genetic link. In my family's case, my dad got it from his mom who got it from her dad who got it from is mom and that's the farthest back we can trace it. No one recorded stuff like nose bleeds (for commoners, at any rate) before then, and oral histories lose a lot of stories as generations go by. If anyone wants more info, PM me.

You did the right thing. Yikes, mdln. If my calculation is correct, the RhinoRocket will be in considerably longer than 72hrs.

I figured the smell is probably all the old blood. They did prescribe this so she will not get toxic shock. Had her take her temperature earlier just in case.

A lot of amateur doctors here.

Elmer, you are always counseling us to go to a doctor and take his/her advice. I'm only going to say this once out of deference for your feelings, but I think you are overdue for a doctor visit yourself because something is wrong.

You have become more combative in arguments and less tolerant of the viewpoints of others in the last 6 months. You've always been you and you are certainly one of a kind, but you have been part of our community for years and I feel you have changed, and that is why I'm suggesting a professional visit.

You are always telling us you have the best when it comes to this or that, so I think I am not suggesting something that will be unnecessarily expensive by suggesting a doctor visit, which is always a concern in a group of people one does not know personally.

I really do appreciate all advise and opinions. Even though my girls are adults, I worry more if something is wrong with them than I would if it is myself. All of my husband’s family is overreacting in all kinds of situations. What I still have of my family is more realistic, but they are in Germany. For example, a couple of years ago I cut myself pruning trees. My husband was at work, daughters at the mall with grandma. It really wasn’t that bad, but I knew it would need some stitches. Went inside to wrap it up and texted husband not to worry (he was expected home shortly). Well. While I was sitting there getting my stitches husband stormed in. In laws were in the waiting room. It was embarrassing. I didn’t take the time to mop up all the blood before I left, so my husband panicked even though I said I was fine. My mother in law called 3 times today how my daughter is doing. Why on Earth my husband told her about our daughter’s nosebleed I have no idea. So yes, I really love to hear what normal people are doing.

But Iris, your family is normal! How I wish I had someone to call to check up on me, sigh.

Iris...you are a delightful gem and a welcome addition here...always. I so understand your position having had to deal with similar panicky relatives myself from time-to-time. I'm sure your common sense will prevail and your daughter will recover with your excellent care and guidance. Please continue to keep us up to date with her progress.

That sounds like parts of my husband's family. It is their idea of moral support to be there just in case anything happens and to check up to make certain that you are telling them the truth. I think it is mostly the telling them the truth part.

Lucille I think many of us here, myself included, would benefit from counseling. Your message would be more appropriate as a private email...just my 2 cents.

Thank you all! I will let you know what comes out of the doctor’s visit. It’s just good to hear that you here would have done the same and I didn’t loose my common sense. I would bet money there will be a sick visit tomorrow. My daughter doesn’t feel sick, just uncomfortable and tired.

Ava, I do appreciate they care. It is just too much caring really. They would check on you if you would like! They met my sister 3 times back then (30 years ago) in Germany, but since then there are phone calls every week.

I have a certain of latitude regarding doctor visits, but excessive bleeding and breathing issues are no-brainers. Even if the doctor only gives reassurance, peace of mind is not a small thing.

Along with so many others, I definitely think you did the right thing in taking your daughter to be seen. And the other thing is that she trusts and respects you enough to know that you have her best interests at heart and I'm guessing that you don't panic and so she knew to listen to her mom..

I hope she's feeling better soon

The reason I mentioned humidity was that many years ago when we were first married we bought a house which was heated with coal and badly regulated. The humidity in the house must have been like the desert. I had horrible sinus infections but my toddler son would get nosebleeds. I was in my early 20's and panicked thinking it could be leukemia. Thankfully after we moved away he never had a nosebleed again and I never had a sinus infection.

Re: caring relatives. I had eye surgery on Wed. and texted my son today and asked if he was interested in how it went. My daughter was texting me all day Wed. , but he said he knew he'd hear if there was a problem. Then he asked how it went. So consider yourself lucky to have people who care.

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lily - How did your eye surgery go? I hope it went well. :)

Fine , blfenton. Thanks for asking. I don't need glasses now. I was being over dramatic about my son. He did call after the first surgery and in general is a good kid.

I am glad you are doing well. I am sorry I didn’t ask.

Update: my daughter got the rhino rocket out. It started bleeding a bit again while they were rinsing the nose out and poked around, so they did cauterize it. She found this really painful. Hopefully this will work. Follow up appointment in 6 weeks.

That's wonderful, Iris. I hope the rest of her winter break goes much more smoothly....for both of you.

Iris,

I hope the cauterization does the trick. I had this done last year when my nose started bleeding out of the blue and would not stop. Haven't had a problem since.

Hi tackycat

I wondered for a second there whether what came out of your nose was blue ...

... if such had been the situation

.. would that mean that you would qualify as a blue'blood?

ole joyfuelled