nose blowing +OCD?

[Calicat]

As mentioned in previous post, my daughter has a cold. She is constantly blowing her nose. She'll clear it out, and then grab another tissue and keep blowing, over and over, while I think there isn't really much more coming. She is doing it for 10 minutes at a time. She woke up at 5am this morning (normally sleeps til 8:30) and started blowing her nose for over an hour!! I have not seen much for OCD tendencies in her, except for loving to line up her little playthings in nice rows and formations, but there is mild OCD in my family. Do you think this nose blowing thing is OCD, or just a weird kid thing that will go away with the cold, or maybe a sensory thing like she can't stand the feeling in her nose if it's not perfectly clean?

 

Thanks for your opinions in advance!

Calicat

[Andy]

As mentioned in previous post, my daughter has a cold. She is constantly blowing her nose. She'll clear it out, and then grab another tissue and keep blowing, over and over, while I think there isn't really much more coming. She is doing it for 10 minutes at a time. She woke up at 5am this morning (normally sleeps til 8:30) and started blowing her nose for over an hour!! I have not seen much for OCD tendencies in her, except for loving to line up her little playthings in nice rows and formations, but there is mild OCD in my family. Do you think this nose blowing thing is OCD, or just a weird kid thing that will go away with the cold, or maybe a sensory thing like she can't stand the feeling in her nose if it's not perfectly clean?

 

Thanks for your opinions in advance!

Calicat

 

 

It might just be a tic, when my kid has the sniffles he seems to have a hard time shutting that impluse, blowing nose, down. Usually nose drops does the trick.