Are Frequent Bloody Noses A Symptom?

[azmom3]

My 10 year old and 22 month old both get bloody noses all the time. They both have bad allergies, but since my 22 month old just tested positive for celiac, I was just curious... Is this a symptom of celiac or gluten intolerance? Our 7 year old does not get them and she has bad allergies as well.

[Guest nini]

before my dx I used to get bloody noses all the time... since going gluten-free I haven't had one, so I would guess there is a connection.

[azmom3]

before my dx I used to get bloody noses all the time... since going gluten-free I haven't had one, so I would guess there is a connection.

This stuff just gets more and more interesting every post I read! Thank you for the info!

[Guest Robbin]

I used to get horrible bloody noses as a child. I would just bump my nose and it would spurt. I would wake up in the middle of the night sometimes with a blood-soaked pillow. I wonder if there is a connection? I don't know-maybe not absorbing enough vitamins like K? I hope you find some answers and your little ones get better soon.

btw-my mom used to keep a rubber glove filled with ice in the fridge to use to put around my nose. Looked funny and cheered me up too while it helped the clotting.

[azmom3]

I used to get horrible bloody noses as a child. I would just bump my nose and it would spurt. I would wake up in the middle of the night sometimes with a blood-soaked pillow. I wonder if there is a connection? I don't know-maybe not absorbing enough vitamins like K? I hope you find some answers and your little ones get better soon.

btw-my mom used to keep a rubber glove filled with ice in the fridge to use to put around my nose. Looked funny and cheered me up too while it helped the clotting.

I'm so tired of all the laundry! Blood soaked pillows, sheets, and jammies! Ok, and I'm worried about them, too of course! That's interesting about the vitamin K...I bet you're right! Thanks so much for your story and the rubber glove thing...I'll have to try that.

[Guest cassidy]

I would get bloody noses as well. It doesn't happen anymore. The most inconvenient one was when my flight was about to take off. I was in the window seat and the plane was starting to go down the runway. The flight attendants couldn't come to me to give me a napkin and I couldn't get up. Glad it doesn't happen anymore.

[azmom3]

I would get bloody noses as well. It doesn't happen anymore. The most inconvenient one was when my flight was about to take off. I was in the window seat and the plane was starting to go down the runway. The flight attendants couldn't come to me to give me a napkin and I couldn't get up. Glad it doesn't happen anymore.

I'm sure that was fun!

[CarlaB]

Oh my gosh!!! I didn't ever think of a connection! My mom took me to the doc and asked about my constant bloody noses. They decided that I picked my nose, but I didn't! "Oh, she does it when no one is looking!" I even have gotten them as an adult, but not as frequently as when I was a child.

[azmom3]

Oh my gosh!!! I didn't ever think of a connection! My mom took me to the doc and asked about my constant bloody noses. They decided that I picked my nose, but I didn't! "Oh, she does it when no one is looking!" I even have gotten them as an adult, but not as frequently as when I was a child.

Do you have bad allergies, too? I'm wondering how much of it could be allergy related or as someone else mentioned...malabsorption problems with vitamin K, perhaps from celiac????

It's funny (ok,maybe not to you ), about the nose-picking thing. Every time our 10 year old gets a nosebleed, we immediately check his "picking" finger to see if there's blood on it and sometimes he's very quick to show me his finger without me even asking. It's probably half and half with him, but i feel bad because even the times he is picking, I don't think it 's just a bad habit, I think there's something in his nose that's really bugging him. He hasn't been tested for celiac, but will be since his brother just tested positive, but he shows so many of the signs....but then again after learning more and more about celiac, I think almost everyone I know has it.

[CarlaB]

I had bad allergies. They are completely gone now that I'm gluten-free.

[mommida]

When I was sixteen I was getting nosebleeds about twice a day. Didn't have bad allergies and wasn't picking. There was some type of sore that wouldn't heal. I ended up getting it cauterized (yikes).

It is common to get sores in the mouth from celiac disease vitamin def. so I don't see why it wouldn't be a connection.

L.