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Child Having Fever And Bleeding Nose. Bleeding Stopped After Taking Fever Reducer. Should I Go For Medical Treatment?
My four year old woke up with fever and his nose started bleeding! We took his temp and it was 101. We placed a cold towel on his head, gave him a fever reducer, and stopped the bleeding. Should we take him to urgent care?
Mon, 11 Mar 2013
Hi,
Thanks for writing to health care magic.
Nose bleed in a child could be because of several causes.
One of them is nose picking. (this is the commonest cause of nasal bleed in a child)
If nose bleed is associated with fever we should rule out certain causes like decreased platelet count etc which may result in nose bleed. So I request you to take your kid to the doctor for help.
Take care
Thanks for writing to health care magic.
Nose bleed in a child could be because of several causes.
One of them is nose picking. (this is the commonest cause of nasal bleed in a child)
If nose bleed is associated with fever we should rule out certain causes like decreased platelet count etc which may result in nose bleed. So I request you to take your kid to the doctor for help.
Take care
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