Another extras gig and children and nosebleeds

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I was gone most of yesterday, just got back at lunchtime today because I accepted a little extras job in Portland that was filmed last night (the third one in four weeks). It was a no lines thing, sitting at a cafe reading a paper as background. The action was in a booth at the rear of the cafe, where a "family" of five sat being filmed. I am not able to disclose the name of this feature film that is still being worked on, but it involves two adults and three kids, one boy and two girls, the youngest about ten. During a break in the action, this little girl suddenly ran to the front to get help with a sudden nosebleed. Her aunt, mother of another one of the kids, said it happens pretty often. Things were delayed almost an hour while they got that under control with ice and compresses. I felt sorry for the little girl, but then wondered how common these nosebleeds are? My daughter had some physical problems growing up, but nothing like nosebleeds. I wondered if others have heard about these happening and what could remedy that strange problem?