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Hi there,

Please click on the Drugs & Treatments link at the top of the board to read about vitamin and other supplements. Please read the ingredients on the vitamins and look up the various vitamin and minerals in the supplements your children take. You can also read more about nosebleeds by using the WebMD search engine.

- Annie

I have heard that DHA and fish oils, especially in larger than necessary amounts has been related to nosebleeds. I saw on tv the other day that they are considering pulling DHA from baby formula for that reason.

Is there a reason you are supplementing with a multivitamin? You might want to ask on the Alternative Health board for recommendations and their experiences with nosebleeds and vitamins.

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I noticed my right nostril bleeding more than normal about a year ago. This was about the same time I began taking One-a-Day Men's Health formula vitamins each morning. Also the same time I started taking 1000mg (orally) of vitamin B-12 daily. Lately, both nostrils have been bleeding a bit more than usual. I stopped taking the One-a-Day vitamins today. Will check back in a week or so to update and see if the bleeding has subsided.

I went online this morning specifically to see if anyone had this problem. The only time I'll get a nosebleed is when I try to take vitamins (multi or single type) The calcium tablet really set me off. In researching I found a possible connection to lack of vitamin K either from diet (lettuce, broccoli) or lack of absorption ( probiotics advised) I have seen nothing about it anywhere but I was wondering if the fillers in vitamins might play a part. It's reassuring to know that I'm not the only one who thinks that the vitamins might be the culprit. I hope we both find an answer.

I am actually glad someone posted this issue. This posting wasn't available when I had this issue, and like you, when I advised my doctor of the suspected correlation between the multivitamin and my nose bleeding, he didn't think the two were connected, but didn't know why my nose was bleeding all of a sudden. I knew it was the vitamins, but I just wanted to know what was in the vitamins that would make my nose bleed. From what I understand now, I think some multivitamins have a blood thinning agent in them to help with the blood flow. You are not alone.

I only occasionally take one type of vitamin and try to get the rest from foods. I'm vegetarian, near vegan and I make almost all my own food. Much of it is raw, so I hesitate to say I "cook" it.

I've never had a nose bleed in my life until a few weeks ago. It happened a few days into adjusting my diet to more healthy foods based on "The Thrive Diet" a book by a vegan triathlete. I had been eating lots of beans, grains, breads and pasta soy products and so on with a sprinkle of fruits and vegetables. And I knew my low energy levels were likely due to a lack of vitamins from this calorie rich, but nutrient poor diet. So out of desperation I went out and spent hundreds of dollars on pounds of nuts and grains and hemp oil and seeds and flax meal and various beans and ancient grains and fresh veggies and fruits.

Several days into the diet I was feeling great and decided to do my normal run, but only breath through my nose and stay at a pace that would allow nose breathing. I was impressed that I made almost the same time on a 2 mile run as normal.

The next day without warning around 11 am, my nose just started dripping. It really freaked me out. And I had no idea why it was happening or how to stop it. A little web research by my coworkers led me to use the pressure on the side of the nose, head forward technique, and it wasn't stopping. Finally 30 minutes later when we arrived to the hospital to check me in, it was stopped.

Thinking this was a one off thing caused by the hard nose breathing, I didn't worry about it much after researching the many other possibilities. But then, today I was only out of bed for about 3 minutes, and I was sitting down and it started up again. I stopped it in 10 minutes this time, but there was no longer any obvious trauma to point at as the cause. The only out of the ordinary things I did was had 6 drinks over a period of about 5 hours last night. That may have aggravated an existing problem, but is unlikely the cause.

It was raining for days and damp all night last night, so dry air isn't the cause.

So in my research here today I'm finding all sorts of information about other causes and it seems that the most likely thing for me is that I've got high blood pressure and need to be checked. I've got many other indications of High BP and today I exhibited most of them it seems. Dizziness, confusion, tight feeling in my chest, hard to take deep breaths, tension in my back and chest, near diarrhea, tension headache, slightly blurred vision, and probably a few other things I can't think of.

But this thread is interesting because I've never eaten so "well" in my life and all of a sudden my body is exhibiting very troubling behaviors like bleeding. I have to wonder if it's the addition of all the omega 3 fats, or the cup of pecans and sunflower seeds I ate yesterday, or the tablespoon of fresh ginger in my salad dressing, or the chocolate hemp nut milk, or the flax seeds and so on.

I know my vitamin intake is up because I never used to have much color to my urine unless I was taking vitamins. And now I do again just with whole foods.

The b12 I can't get naturally without eating dirt or meat that ate dirt, so I take a vitamin. Everything else is natural. So for me at least, it's not any "fillers" in vitamins that caused the nose bleeding.

The hypertension can be a serious thing. And it would explain a ton about why I've been feeling like crap for so long ( lots of stress in my life these last few years ). So I'm going to get my own health insurance again and see a doctor.

I simply can't afford to do so without insurance. It makes me a little sick when I think of all the people out there with more immediate needs who end up in the emergency room instead of having just seen a doctor in a non emergency visit with reasonable costs. If I was to see a doctor for this tomorrow without insurance, I would expect to spend hundreds if not thousands

Hi Everyone!

Please realize that it's not possible for anyone to be diagnosed over the internet.

This thread does help illustrate an important point. Just because it's a vitamin or supplement doesn't mean that it may be safe for you. Before taking any vitamins or supplements please click on the Find A Drug link at the top of the board to read about any medication you are taking. You want to make sure that there aren't potential negative interactions between medications and any vitamins or supplements or any contraindications as they may apply to you individually.

Vitamin E can thin the blood and before any surgery it's always recommended to discontinue taking these supplements at least a week beforehand.

Niacin can cause skin flushing in some people.

Too much iron can be poisonous. It's why children's vitamins with iron come with child resistant caps.

I hope that helps!

- Annie

Interestingly...I started taking calcium last week as I found out that by drinking milk, it took away some of my burning urinary symptoms that the docs can't figure out - early menopause, interstitial cystitis, whatever....but calcium helps...may be taking oxalates out of the urine which causes the burning, itching, etc. Concurrently, I got a sinus infection and am on antibiotics but my nose continues to bleed easily which is not a norm. I didn't take calcium the day before yesterday and the bleeding was very minimal. I took a calcium citrate last night and my nose bled during the night. Did you find out anything more on taking calcium? I only took one of the two doses recommended on the bottle each day. I also take a thyroid pill and wonder if there is something parathyroid going on as I saw a google on that. Thanks.

selenium at 200 mg a day causes nose bleeds in some people

when taking calcium do you also tale magnesium along with it ?

I was wondering this same thing when my son (3) started having severe nosebleeds. At the time, I was giving him a chewable Flinstone-type vitamin (actually 2) on a pretty regular basis. I stopped giving it to him for a while simply because I kept forgetting. His nosebleeds completely stopped during this time. Last week, I saw them in the cabinet and decided to give him a couple. Low and behold, a couple of hours later his nose started profusely bleeding. It took over 30 minutes to stop it. He continued having a couple of nosebleeds that day. I decided to stop the vitamins that day, and he hasn't had one since. When I did a web search on the topic, I found NOTHING about vitamins causing nosebleeds. Most information talks about nosebleeds being cause by a lack of vitamins. I have my suspicions, and I most certainly won't give my son those vitamins again. That was a LOT of blood.

Here's some info I found online regarding kids' multivitamins:

'Overdose symptoms may include stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, loss of appetite, hair loss, peeling skin, tingly feeling in or around your mouth, changes in menstrual periods, weight loss, severe headache, muscle or joint pain, severe back pain, blood in your urine, pale skin, and easy bruising or bleeding.'


It's the only thing I have found regarding vitamins and bleeding. Perhaps some are more sensitive to vitamins than others.

For months my daily vitamin intake has included one tablet of 500mg Calcium and 200 IU vitamin D. A month ago my GYN told me women my age (over 60) need 2000 mg Calcium and 1500 IU Vitamin D. So, I started taking 3 of the tablets so as to get the 1500 that he recommended. I immediately began getting nosebleeds, really bad nosebleeds. We went away for four days and I didn't take my vitamins with me and I didn't get any nosebleeds while I was gone. The day I returned I took 3 tablets with my supper and got a nosebleed that evening. I continued getting one every day. After the 6th one I went to the doctor and he said I must have scratched the inside of my nose and to swab it with Bacitracin ointment. I called a nutritionist friend who knows me well and she was incensed at the doctor's stupidity. He didn't check my ears, throat, eyes or listen to my heart or ask me any questions about what might be new in my life. (So much for being a medicare patient). My friend insisted that I see her doctor, a Homeopathic Doctor of Acupuncture. I did. He asked me to bring everything I was taking. I did. He immediately asked why I was taking so much Calcium. I showed him the recommended dose my Gyn had written on the back of his business card. The Homeopathic Dr said I should quit it to see what happens. Wallah!! No nosebleeds. I'm writing a letter to put in my medical file! I have to have medicare but I will not see those doctors any more because this is not the first mistake they have made. They take things too casually and don't take time to get to the bottom of it. I was in and out of that dr's office in 5 minutes. The Homeopathic dr took 2-1/2 hours to go over everything with me. I will continue seeing the Homeopathic Dr and pay out of my pocket.

don't know about anyone else but I started taking Nature's Way Alive! without iron and have gotten nosebleeds. I have slightly high blood pressure and take hydrochlorothiazide and lisinopril.

I'm not sure it's a correlation but I had never taken this particular vitamin (I wanted a more 'natural' alternative) and virtually never get nosebleeds. I have had maybe 7 since... (in ~2 weeks).

Has anyone else taken this and had a similar issue?