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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
• Hemophilia
• Heart failure (due to an increase in venous pressure)
• Hematological malignancy
• Hepatitis
• Hereditary hemorrhagic 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 deviation
• 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