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*Blood dyscrasias | *Blood dyscrasias | ||
*[[Broken nose]] | *[[Broken nose]] | ||
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*[[Christmas disease]] | *[[Christmas disease]] | ||
*[[Chronic sinusitis]] | *[[Chronic sinusitis]] | ||
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*[[Coagulopathies]] | *[[Coagulopathies]] | ||
*[[Cocaine]] | *[[Cocaine]] | ||
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*[[Common cold]] | *[[Common cold]] | ||
*[[Cystic fibrosis]] | *[[Cystic fibrosis]] | ||
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*[[Desmopressin]] | *[[Desmopressin]] | ||
*[[Deviated septum]] | *[[Deviated septum]] | ||
* | *Dry nasal mucosa | ||
* | *Endoscopic sinus procedures | ||
* | *Excessive dieting | ||
* | *Facial surgery | ||
*[[Fexofenadine]] | *[[Fexofenadine]] | ||
* | *Foreign body in nose | ||
*[[Gastroesophageal reflux ]] | *[[Gastroesophageal reflux ]] | ||
* | *Heamophilia | ||
*[[Heart failure (due to an increase in venous pressure) | *[[Heart failure]] (due to an increase in venous pressure) | ||
*[[Hematological malignancy]] | *[[Hematological malignancy]] | ||
*[[Hepatitis]] | *[[Hepatitis]] | ||
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Overview
Causes
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- Abnormal nasal anatomy
- Acute respiratory tract infections
- Acute sinusitis
- Aging
- Alcohol (due to vasodilation)
- Allergic rhinitis
- Allergies
- Anticoagulant use
- Antiplatelet medication
- Antrostomy
- Aplastic anemia
- Aspirin
- Atherosclerosis
- Barotrauma
- Blood dyscrasias
- Broken nose
- Chemical irritants
- Christmas disease
- Chronic sinusitis
- Clopidogrel
- Coagulopathies
- Cocaine
- Cold dry air
- Common cold
- Cystic fibrosis
- Dental extraction
- Desmopressin
- Deviated septum
- Dry nasal mucosa
- Endoscopic sinus procedures
- Excessive dieting
- Facial surgery
- Fexofenadine
- Foreign body in nose
- Gastroesophageal reflux
- Heamophilia
- Heart failure (due to an increase in venous pressure)
- Hematological malignancy
- Hepatitis
- Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasis
- Hypertension
- Iatrogenic
- Ibuprofen
- Infectious diseases
- Inhaled steroids
- Intranasal rhabdomyosarcoma
- Intranasal tumors (Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in adult, and nasopharyngeal angiofibroma in adolescent males)
- Isotretinoin
- Juvenile nasal angiofibroma
- Leukemia
- Malnutrition (especially anemia)
- Migraine
- Narcotics
- Nasal congestion
- Nasal excoriation
- Nasal infection
- Nasal polyp
- Nasal prong O2 which tends to dry the nasal mucosa
- Nasal septum deviations
- Nasal trauma
- Nasal tumors
- Nassal ulceration
- Nose conditions
- Nose picking
- Orbital decompression
- Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome
- Pertussis
- Polycythemia vera
- Pregnancy
- Purpura
- Rapid weight loss
- Renal dialysis
- Rhinoplasty
- Rhinoscleroma
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroma
- Sclerotic Vessels
- Scoliosis
- Septal granulomas
- Septal perforation
- Septoplasty
- Sinus tumor
- Skull fracture
- Surgery (such as septoplasty and endoscopic sinus surgery)
- Syphilis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Thrombocytopenia
- Trauma to Littlee's area
- Tuberculosis
- Vascular disorders
- Viral rhinitis
- Vitamin C deficiency
- Vitamin K deficiency
- Von Willebrand's disease
- Warfarin
- Wegener granulomatosis