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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 60021" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Something else to consider re the nosebleeds - how hot is it at the moment, where you are? Summer heat can dilate surface blood vessels (including the mucosa in the nose) and sometimes they can dilate so much you can get a spontaneous bleed. And because the blood vessels ARE so dilated, it takes a while for them to shrink back and cut back the bleeding.</p><p>With any more nose bleeds, try putting an ice pack over his forehead sinuses and cheek sinuses, to speed up the shrinking of surface blood vessels.</p><p></p><p>I agree with the others - see if you van get blood work organised to check platelets too, if they're low it can also slow clotting. Or you could even get other clotting factors checked, especially the obvious ones like prothrombin time. But it's possible that the hot weater is aggravating it.</p><p></p><p>The risperdal increase could account for a lot of the other symptoms too - different kids can tolerate it differently. difficult child 3 had no trouble with it, but not enough benefit to justify the cost. difficult child 1 - lowest possible dose, he would be fast asleep within fifteen minutes of taking it.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 60021, member: 1991"] Something else to consider re the nosebleeds - how hot is it at the moment, where you are? Summer heat can dilate surface blood vessels (including the mucosa in the nose) and sometimes they can dilate so much you can get a spontaneous bleed. And because the blood vessels ARE so dilated, it takes a while for them to shrink back and cut back the bleeding. With any more nose bleeds, try putting an ice pack over his forehead sinuses and cheek sinuses, to speed up the shrinking of surface blood vessels. I agree with the others - see if you van get blood work organised to check platelets too, if they're low it can also slow clotting. Or you could even get other clotting factors checked, especially the obvious ones like prothrombin time. But it's possible that the hot weater is aggravating it. The risperdal increase could account for a lot of the other symptoms too - different kids can tolerate it differently. difficult child 3 had no trouble with it, but not enough benefit to justify the cost. difficult child 1 - lowest possible dose, he would be fast asleep within fifteen minutes of taking it. Marg [/QUOTE]
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