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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] Kiran Singh, M.D. [3] Amir Behzad Bagheri, M.D.

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Life threatening causes of epistaxis include congestive heart failure and malignant hypertension. Other common causes of epistaxis include common cold, foreign bodies, aspirin and nose-picking.

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Common Causes

There is not enough evidence that hypertension is a risk factor for epistaxis.The role of lowering blood pressure to control and prevent epistaxis remains controversial.

In the table below different causes of epistaxis are classified based on organ system.

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular Aneurysm of the carotid artery, atherosclerosis, blood vessel disorders, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, coarctation of the aorta, congestive heart failure, hypertension, malignant hypertension, rheumatic fever, secondary hypertension, superior vena cava syndrome, vascular disorders
Chemical / poisoning Aerosol abuse, ammonia, angiofibroma, biphenyl, borates rodenticide poisoning, brodifacoum rodenticide poisoning, bromadiolone rodenticide poisoning, brown snake rodenticide poisoning, calcium sulfate, chemical irritants, chlorophacinone rodenticide poisoning, chromates rodenticide poisoning, coumachlor rodenticide poisoning, coumafuryl rodenticide poisoning, coumatetralyl rodenticide poisoning, difenacoum rodenticide poisoning, difethialone rodenticide poisoning, diphacinone rodenticide poisoning, formaldehyde, indandione rodenticide poisoning, inhalant abuse, inhaled irritants, matikus rodenticide poisoning, metaldehyde, mouser rodenticide poisoning, mucormycosis, phosphorous, pindone rodenticide poisoning, ratak plus rodenticide poisoning, rodend rodenticide poisoning, rodenticides, solvent abuse, sulphuric acid, talon rodenticide poisoning, tetrachloroethylene, tetryl, vanadium, volak rodenticide poisoning, volid rodenticide poisoning, tobacco smoke
Dental Dental extraction
Dermatologic Benign mucosal pemphigoid, defibrination syndrome, leprosy, localized skin infection, melanoma, mucormycosis, nasal excoriation, Osler-weber-rendu disease, purpura, septal granulomas, staphylococcal furuncles, systemic lupus erythematosus, thrombocyopenic purpura
Drug Side Effect Allegra, anticoagulants, antiplatelet drug, aspirin, bicalutamide, budesonide, butorphanol, cefpodoxime, ciclesonide,clemastine fumarate, clopidogrel, caspofungin acetate, clove (herbal agent), desmopressin, diquat dibromide, febuxostat, fexofenadine, flurbiprofen, fluticasone nasal spray, heroin, histrelin, Ibuprofen, corticosteroids, ipratropium bromide, isotretinoinleflunomide, lenvatinib, loratadine, meropenem, metipranolol, miltefosine, narcotics, nasal steroids, olopatadine, oxcarbazepine, palbociclib, pennyroyal oil (herbal agent), pramipexole, prasugrel, ramucirumab, retapamulin, rifaximin, riociguat,romiplostim, sertraline, sulindac, telfast, tiagabine, thalidomide, tobramycin, topiramate, triamcinolone acetonide, trimethadione, valproic acid, warfarin
Ear Nose Throat Abnormal nasal anatomy , acute sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, antrochoanal polyps, antrostomy, barotrauma, benign nose tumors, broken nose, chronic irritation of the nasal mucosa, chronic rhinitis , chronic sinusitis common cold, deviated septum, dry nasal mucosa, epstein's syndrome, esthesioneuroblastoma, ethmoidal polyps, hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia, increased nasal venous pressure, intranasal rhabdomyosarcoma, inverted papilloma, juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma, maxillary sinus carcinoma, maxillofacial injury, middle ear barotrauma, nasal cancer, nasal cannula, nasal colonization with staphylococcus aureus , nasal congestion, nasal diphtheria, nasal excoriation, nasal foreign body, nasal fracture, nasal infection, nasal obstruction, nasal polyp, nasal septum deviation, nasal sprays, nasal tuberculosis, nasopharyngeal angiofibroma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, nasal ulceration, non-allergic rhinitis, nose picking, rhinitis, rhinoplasty rhinoscleroma septal deviation, septal perforation, sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma, sinus tumor, sinusitis, superior vena cava syndrome, trauma to littlee's area, unilateral choanal atresia, viral rhinitis
Endocrine Acthar, cystic fibrosis, corticotropin
Environmental Cold air, dry air, environmental irritants, humidity
Gastroenterologic Cirrhosis, hepatitis, mucormycosis, progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis, Banti's syndrome, rhinocerebral mucormycosis, rhinocerebral zygomycosis, Von Gierke Disease, Zygomycosis
Genetic ADP platelet receptor P2Y12 deficiency, autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome, Banti's syndrome, christmas disease, coarctation of the aorta, congenital afibrinogenemia, congenital hypoplastic anemia, congenital syphilis, Congential fibrinogen deficiency, connective tissue disease, cystic fibrosis, familial platelet syndrome, Fanconi's anemia, Hemoglobin Lepore syndrome, hemophilia, Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, inherited coagulation disorders, leukocyte adhesion deficiency, May-Hegglin anomaly, Osler-Weber-Rendu Disease, Owren parahemophilia, progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis, prothrombin deficiency, sickle cell anemia, Von Gierke disease, Von Willebrand disease, X-linked dyserythropoietic anemia and thrombocytopenia
Hematologic Acquired coagulation disorders, acquired factor XIII deficiency, acute erythroleukemia, acute leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute promyelocytic leukemia, anemia, aplastic anemia, autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome, autoimmune thrombocytopenia, Bernard-Soulier syndrome, Bing-Neel syndrome, bleeding diathesis, bleeding disorders, bleeding tendency, blood dyscrasias, christmas disease, chronic leukemia, coagulation disorders, congenital afibrinogenemia, congenital hypoplastic anemia, congential fibrinogen deficiency, defibrination syndrome, Epstein's syndrome, factor V deficiency, factor VII deficiency, factor X deficiency, familial blood dyscrasias, familial platelet syndrome, Fanconi's anemia, hematological malignancy, Hemoglobin Lepore syndrome, hemoglobin SC, hemophilia, Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, Inability of the blood to clot, leukaemia, lymphomatoid granulomatosis, May-Hegglin anomaly, myelodysplastic syndromes, myeloproliferative diseases, Owren parahemophilia, pancytopenia, people with blood group O, platelet disorders, polycythemia vera, purpura, sickle cell anemia, stuart factor deficiency, superior vena cava syndrome, thrombasthenia, thrombocytopenic purpura, thrombocytopathy, thrombocytopenia, Von Willebrand disease, Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, X-linked dyserythropoietic anemia and thrombocytopenia
Iatrogenic Adenoidectomy, antrostomy, dental extraction, endoscopic sinus procedures, facial surgery, nasal cannula, nasal surgery, nasogastric tube placement, nasotracheal intubation, Orbital decompression, postoperative, rhinoplasty, septoplasty, sinus surgery, turbinectomy
Infectious Disease Argentinean hemorrhagic fever, Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, congenital syphilis, dengue hemorrhagic fever, Hantavirosis, hepatitis, idiopathic fibrosing mediastinitis, infectious diseases, inflammatory disorders, leprosy, localized skin infection, Machupo virus, mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, mucormycosis, nasal diphtheria, nasal infection, Omsk hemorrhagic fever, nasal tuberculosis, pertussis, relapsing fever, respiratory tract infection, rhinocerebral mucormycosis, rhinocerebral zygomycosis, rheumatic fever, rhinoscleroma, rhinosporidiosis, scleroma, sinusitis, Stachybotrys chartarum, Soft tissue infection, Staphylococcal furuncles, Streptococcus pyogenes infection, systemic infection with nasal congestion, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, viral rhinitis, viral upper respiratory infections, Weil syndrome, whooping cough, zygomycosis
Musculoskeletal / Ortho No underlying causes
Neurologic Acute cholinergic dysautonomia, Bing-Neel syndrome, head injury, Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome
Nutritional / Metabolic ADP platelet receptor p2y12 deficiency, clove (herbal agent), cystic fibrosis, excessive dieting, ginseng, glycogen storage disease, malnutrition, rapid weight loss, vitamin C deficiency, vitamin K deficiency, Von Gierke disease
Obstetric/Gynecologic Menopause, pregnancy
Oncologic Acute erythroleukemia, acute leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute promyelocytic leukemia, adenoid cystic carcinoma, angiofibroma, chronic leukemia, esthesioneuroblastoma, hemangioma, hematological malignancy, Intranasal rhabdomyosarcoma, inverted papilloma, juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma, leukaemia, maxillary sinus carcinoma, melanoma, myelodysplastic syndromes, myeloproliferative diseases, nasal cancer, nasal type natural killer/t-cell lymphoma, nasopharyngeal angiofibroma, nasopharyngeal cancers, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, neoplasm, pindborg tumor, polycythemia vera, rhabdomyosarcoma, Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
Opthalmologic Orbital decompression
Overdose / Toxicity Alcohol abuse, chronic usage of nasal sprays, chronic vitamin A toxicity, cocaine, heroin, narcotics
Psychiatric Aerosol abuse, alcohol abuse, child abuse, inhalant abuse, solvent abuse, volatile inhalants
Pulmonary Asphyxiation, barotrauma, common cold, cystic fibrosis, idiopathic fibrosing mediastinitis, pertussis, respiratory tract infection, sarcoidosis, Wegener's granulomatosis, Whooping cough
Renal / Electrolyte Chronic kidney disease, Epstein's syndrome, renal artery stenosis, renal dialysis, renal disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, Wegener's granulomatosis
Rheum / Immune / Allergy Allergic rhinitis, allergies, autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome, autoimmune thrombocytopenia|autoimmune thrombocytopenia, benign mucosal pemphigoid, immune thrombocytopenic purpura, leukocyte adhesion deficiency, polychondritis, rheumatic fever, rhinitis, sarcoidosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Wegener's granulomatosis
Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma Barotrauma, blunt trauma, broken nose, facial trauma, head injury, maxillofacial injury, nasal fracture, post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm, Skull fracture, sphenoidal fracture, trauma to littlee's area
Urologic Inverted papilloma
Miscellaneous Foreign bodies, pennyroyal oil

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