Herceptin and nose bleeds?

[brittd]

Hello!

My Mom had frequent nose bleeds while taking taxol/carbo/herceptin. She is now on herceptin only and is still having occasional nose bleeds. This is making her a little nervous b/c we had always attributed the nose bleeds to the chemo. Has anyone else experienced this? Any other causes for nose bleeds that we might not be thinking of?

Thank you,
Brittany

[al from canada]

Hi Brittany,
Reduced platelet counts due to chemo would interfere with clotting and the nose is always a favourite place for this to happen.
Regards,
Al

[Peggy]

I did Herceptin for about 1 1/2 years and had small nose bleeds almost constantly. It was annoying but not much more than that to me.

Peggy in Florida

[*_Annemarie_*]

I am on Herceptin every three weeks and Femara. I get nose bleeds

[Jan]

I experience nose bleeds all the time on herceptin alone. It goes along with the constantly runny nose. I don't think it indicates any problem, just a sore nose!

[*_madubois63_*]

I was told it was the Taxatiere. I use saline nose spray with eucalyptus to keep my nose moist. This is one of those little things that can drive you crazy. When I first relapsed, a woman on another board posted her story about the nose bleeds. Her's was so bad, she now has a permanent hole in the passage between the nostrils. I know this is gross, and it scared the cr@p out of me, but this seems to be one of those little problems the doctors seem to brush off. Keep your bedroom air moist with a humidifier, use the saline and don't blow to hard. Maryann