Can frequent nosebleeds be a symptom of behavioral diagnoses in children?

Question

My 4 year old son has had some severe behavioral issues since the age of 2. I have taken him to see a child psychologist and psychiatrist both of whom said he may have ODD but could not give us a definite diagnosis. My sister-in-law is about to get her Masters in Psychology and told me today that frequenct nosebleeds for no apparent reason in children could be a sign/symptoms of certain behavioral diagnoses. Is there any truth to this? And if so, what diagnoses are these?

Answer 1

I worked in mental health since 1987 and I never heard of any connection between nosebleeds and behavior.

But there's always some kind of theory out there.

However, my younger brother had behavior that might have been considered ADHD/ODD when he was a child, but he never had a formal diagnosis. He had frequent nosebleeds. He was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder as an adult.

I had severely withdrawn behavior in childhood and was diagnosed with depression as an adult. I only had one or two spontaneous nosebleeds in my life, nowhere near as often as my brother.  

Answer 2

Thats interesting, i have never heard of such a thing.  Any changes in the environment?  I got nosebleeds all the time in the winter after i moved to a new house.

Answer 3

Nosebleed caused by the toxic drugs the shrinks are raping the kids brain with maybe?

http://www.etfrc.com/ChemicalImbalances....

check out the above link. And do you work alot? Are you around for your kids? Are you a nice person to them? Do you love them? Did you actually want them? Taking a child to a shrink is the most dangerous place you could ever take your child. Personally I think all parents that are prepared to have 'brain diagnoses' made about their own children when no test exists are criminals.

My mother trusted psychiatry, and it nearly resulted in my death

Generation Rx is a new movie coming out, you might want to google that too before you give your kid a chemical lobotomy.

Don't listen to your indoctrinated sister with her psedoscientific degree. Psychology's nothing but a changing fashion every decade, very little scientific about it. That's why its dominated by women.

Read the link and don't muck with your child's brain til a neurologist can provide evidence it is defective. Much more parenting in this world is defective than brains.

Answer 4

I have never heard this, but I did have two boys who had frequent nosebleeds.  They both had a lot of allergies to a lot of environmental triggers (dust, dander, mold, pollen).  I have read that there are many links between chronic allergies and certain behavioral issues such as ADHD and some forms of OCD.  You might look into allergy controls to help with both issues.

Answer 5

I have a child with ADHD and ODD. I also had a child (she's grown up now) who had nose bleeds. Two different things. Some children just have smaller capillaries in their nose and it takes nothing to burst them (picking, an accidental bump, or sometimes just rubbing their nose cause it itches) can cause a nose bleed. My daughter had several nose bleeds til she went to middle school and her body matured. Nothing to fret about. Just some kids have more sensitive capillaries. It is a separate subject from ADD, ADHD and ODD. Two different things. Your sister-in-laws needs to take a break from the books...I'm sure she sees every disorder she's ever read about in someone nearby. Don't worry......but get your child checked out for ADD, ADHD.- ODD usually goes along with it. Good luck.