Diagnosaurus
Epistaxis
DDx
- Nasal trauma, eg, nose picking, forceful nose blowing, foreign body
- Allergic rhinitis or viral rhinitis
- Dry nasal mucosa
- Deviated septum
- Chronic sinusitis
- Inhaled steroids
- Cocaine use
- Alcohol use
- Antiplatelet drugs, eg, aspirin, clopidogrel
- Thrombocytopenia, eg, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
- Hemophilia
- Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome)
- Polycythemia vera
- Leukemia
- Wegener’s granulomatosis
- Nasal tumor
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Epistaxis." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114346/all/Epistaxis.
Zeiger RFR. Epistaxis. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114346/all/Epistaxis. Accessed November 4, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Epistaxis. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114346/all/Epistaxis
Zeiger RFR. Epistaxis [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 November 04]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114346/all/Epistaxis.
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