A little Vaseline applied to the nostril 2 times per day will reduce crusting. Nose picking during the day should be discouraged. Nose picking at night is best prevented by placing the child's hands in some form of glove during sleep. For some, batting gloves are easy to encourage, for others, wait until the child is asleep and then put their hands in loose garden gloves. However, nose bleeds can be the first and early warning signs of an underlying bleeding disorder such as hemophilia.
Allergies are very common in American populations.
Allergy is more common if one or both parents also have allergic rhinitis or asthma. Exposure to second hand smoke seems to increase the propensity to develop allergic rhinitis. An environment loaded with allergic stimuli appears to bring the disease on earlier and make it a more difficult case to treat. The classic symptoms of allergic rhinitis are sneezing, itchy eyes and clear, watery, runny nose. Antihistamines have been often prescribed for allergic rhinitis.