What’s wrong with a 5-year-old girl with frequent nosebleeds?

5-year-old girls often nosebleeds may be caused by nasal trauma, or acute rhinitis, thrombocytopenic purpura and other diseases. 1. Nasal trauma: Because 5-year-old children are more active, they are prone to falls in life, which cause mechanical trauma to the nose and subsequently cause nosebleeds. 2. Acute rhinitis: the disease is mainly caused by respiratory viruses, such as rhinovirus, adenovirus, influenza virus, etc., which can be transmitted mainly through droplets. Secondly, it can also be secondary to bacterial infections such as Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae. Affected children will have symptoms such as nasal dryness, itching, foreign body sensation, nasal congestion and nosebleed. 3. Thrombocytopenic purpura: It has been shown that the occurrence of this disease is related to heredity and abnormal immune function, and can also be secondary to infections, autoimmune diseases, tumors and other diseases. Typical symptoms are spontaneous skin and mucous membrane bleeding, so the affected children will have symptoms of frequent nosebleeds, as well as gum bleeding, retinal bleeding and other manifestations. In addition, you also need to consider that the nosebleed is caused by nasal foreign body, dry rhinitis, sinusitis and other reasons. It is recommended that the 5-year-old girl with frequent nosebleeds go to the hospital in time to improve the relevant examination and clarify the cause of the disease.