Difference between revisions of "Epistaxis"
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Latest revision as of 15:22, 15 October 2013
- 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