Difference between revisions of "Epistaxis"

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Haemorrhage from the nose
Can result from local trauma or just transfer blood from lower down in the respiratory tract
May originate from nasopharynx or lower respiratory tract
Causes
- Inflammation eg: ulcerative rhinitis
- Neoplasia eg: infiltrating tumour, haemangioma
- Trauma
- Clotting defects

Blood stained nose at post-mortem - terminal pulmonary congestion, oedema, haemorrhage

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