LIZ DONAGHY
DEAR READER YOU ASKED IF ANYONE KNOWS WHAT COULD BE CAUSING THE NOSE BLEEDS TO LAST SO LONG. MY 8 YEAR OLD CHILD SUFFERED NOSE BLEEDS FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE AND THEY COULD LAST ANYTHING FROM HALF AN HOUR TO AT LEAST 3 TO 4 HOURS. SOMETIMES THIS COULD HAPPEN A FEW TIMES A WEEK. MY SON COULD TAKE A COLD AND IT WOULD LAST FOR WEEKS. WE TOOK HIM TO HOSPITAL LAST SEPTEMBER BECAUSE HEC HAD BEEN UNWELL FOR 3 WEEKS AND HE HAD BLOOD TESTS DONE WHICH SHOWED THAT HE WAS ANEMIC. WE LATER DISCOVERED HE WAS ANEMIC BECAUSE HE HAD LEUKEMIA. WE WERE TOLD THAT HE HAD LEUKEMIA FROM THE DAY HE WAS BORN. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ASK YOUR DOCTOR TO RUN BLOOD TESTS ON YOUR GRANDSON TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS BLOOD COUNTS ARE NORMAL AND THAT THESE NOSE BLEEDS ARE NOT CLOTS OF BLOOD COMING FROM HIS NOSE. I DO NOT WANT TO WORRY YOU BUT IF HIS BLOOD COUNTS ARE ABNORMAL HIS PLATELETS COULD BE VERY LOW AND HE COULD BE AT RISK OF HAVING A NOSE BLEED AND YOU COULD FIND THAT HIS NOSE BLEED WONT STOP AND HE MAY HAVE TO BE ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL TO HAVE HIS PLATELETSLOOKED AT AND HAVE TO GET A PLATELET TRANSFUSION. THERE MAY BE OTHER REASONS FOR THESE NOSE BLEEDS BECAUSE MY SON HAD OTHER SYMPTOMS TO PROVE THAT HE HAD LEUKEMIA. I HOPE THAT I HAVENT ALARMED YOU IN ANY WAY BUT I FEEL THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW WHY YOUR GRANDSON IS HAVING THESE NOSE BLEEDS AND I FEEL YOU SHOULD PUSH YOUR DOCTOR TO RUN TESTS TO RULE OUT ANY LINKS TO ANY SERIOUS DISEASES. I HOPE I HAVE BEEN SOME HELP TO YOU. PLEASE E MAIL ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE ANY OTHER QUERIES ANSWERED OR JUST TO LET ME KNOW HOW YOU GOT ON WITH YOUR GRANDSON. LIZ DONAGHY