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Why bleeding from the nose: the main causes

  • Infections, such as influenza, scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles, typhoid and others.
  • Septic conditions, anemia.
  • Diseases of the hematopoietic system: immune hemopathies, chronic and acute leukemia, hemorrhagic diathesis.
  • Diseases of the heart, blood vessels, liver, kidneys.
  • Avitaminosis and hypovitaminosis.
  • Arterial hypertension, sudden loss of pressure.
  • A strong cough.
  • Overheating, prolonged exposure to the sun.
  • The use of anticoagulants.
  • Fractures of the skull base.
  • Of bleeding through the nose during the bleeding of the internal organs: oesophagus, stomach, respiratory tract.
  • Disorders of menstruation in girls.

Causes of bleeding in adults

Bleeding happen in healthy people, for example, as a result of fatigue, but may indicate the diseases. The causes of this phenomenon are quite diverse. The main ones are the following:

  • Inflammation of the paranasal sinuses, the nasal mucosa. These include rhinitis and sinusitis (frontal sinusitis, sinusitis, etc.), which together with blood mucus. In these diseases the mucous membrane is weakened, and therefore easily injured. There is usually fever, and headache.
  • Damage to small blood vessels. This can occur after ingestion of preparations from cold, drying mucous membranes, inhalation of air is too dry. In this case, bleeding typically weak and quickly terminated.
  • Injuries of the nose. Fractures of the facial bones of the skull are often accompanied by bleeding from the nose, while there is pain, swelling of the face.
  • Overheating. Epistaxis can happen with prolonged exposure to the sun. There is noise in the ears, nausea, weakness, headache.
  • Medications. Tend bleeding cause drugs to prevent blood clotting. These include heparin, aspirin, and others. Nosebleeds can flow with prolonged and uncontrolled use of nasal sprays, drying the mucosa.
  • Another reason epistaxis - hypertensive crisis. With a significant increase in blood pressure possible rupture of the vessels of the mucosa. To stop the bleeding is required to reduce the pressure.
  • Cancer of the disease. Epistaxis happens when malignant and benign tumors in the nose. Besides bleeding, there may be ulcer in the lining of the nose swelling of the nose, change its shape.
  • Blood diseases such as leukemia, thrombocytopenic purpura, anemia. When these abnormalities are observed uterine bleeding, bleeding gums, a tendency to the formation of hematomas (bruises).