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Editor in Chief: Liudvikas Jagminas, M.D., FACEP [1] Phone: 401-729-2419; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Marcelo R. Zacarkim, M.D. [2]
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
- Hemophilia
- Heart failure (due to an increase in venous pressure)
- Hematological malignancy
- Hepatitis
- Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasis[1]
- 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[2]
- 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[3]
References
- ↑ Silva BM, Hosman AE, Devlin HL, Shovlin CL (2013). "Lifestyle and Dietary Influences on Nosebleed Severity in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia". Laryngoscope. doi:10.1002/lary.23893. PMID 23404156. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Bracci M, Mariotti L, Staffolani S; et al. (2012). "[Sinonasal carcinoma and exposure to wood and leather dust: analysis of 36 cases]". G Ital Med Lav Ergon (in Italian). 34 (3 Suppl): 612–4. PMID 23405730.
- ↑ Islam MA, Azad AK, Islam MS, Shazzad MN, Haq SA (2013). "Wegener's Granulomatosis - A Case Report". Mymensingh Med J. 22 (1): 196–199. PMID 23416832. Unknown parameter
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