Healthy Habits: Preventing Winter Nosebleeds

With the colder weather zapping the moisture from the air outside, and central heating sucking the humidity from the inside, many adults and children suffer from irritated and bloody noses on a regular basis in the winter. There are two important steps to take to save your family from the nosebleed season.

 

First, it is important to own a humidifier. Nosebleeds happen when the blood vessels that line the nose become irritated and break open. By purchasing a humidifier, moisture will be brought into the room for added moistness and relief. Second, be sure to purchase effective, easy to use saline sprays. A saline spray, such as Boogie Mist, is scented so it is easy to use on children, non-medicated and gentle on everyone¹s noses, even newborns.  Saline sprays are used to moisturize the nose and keep it from drying out and becoming prone to bleeds.