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[|Human|] My 5 year old son has been a bad nose-picker most his life.  Now he gets frequent nosebleeds, even without touching his nose, and for no apparent reason.  He bleeds quite heavily, and recently while trying to stop the bleeding, I have pulled out long, thick strands of bloody mucus from deep inside his nose. Could there be something more going on that we should check out?
[|AI|]  Welcome to the Chat Doctor In my opinion your child is suffering from epistaxis episodes and the cause is nose picking habit. Even though the habit has improved but small trauma to healing mucosa of nose can still lead to bleeds. I would recommend the following measures to help him out:1. Use a saline nasal spray or saline nose Chat Doctor.  These products can be purchased over-the-counter.2. Run a humidifier in his be