(1) Epistaxis was common in tumors of the ethmoid sinus and nasal fossae, while pain was related to lesions of the maxillary sinus.
(2) This report describes a case of macroglobulinemia in a six year old castrate male Collie cross dog with clinical signs of epistaxis, anemia, retinopathy and high serum viscosity.
(3) We conclude that there is a relationship between MVP and low levels of vWF:Ag which may explain the increased incidence of epistaxis in such patients.
(4) The symptoms and signs observed in this patient are seen in less than 10% of patients with this disease: arthralgia, epistaxis, jaundice, skin rash, and pneumonitis.
(5) Rhinosporidiosis most commonly involves the nose, and presents as a friable papillomatous mass causing nasal obstruction, epistaxis, purulent discharge, and headache may also occur.
(6) Seventy-five patients referred because of treatment failure by primary care physicians showed hypertension and aspirin and alcohol abuse to be major factors in the refractory nature of their epistaxis.
(7) In this preliminary report, 12 consecutive patients admitted for posterior epistaxis were successfully treated by the technique described.
(8) A 22-year-old man presented with multiple raised erythematous skin lesions, pyrexia and epistaxis.
(9) It has been reported that 60% of individuals report at least one episode of epistaxis during their lifetime.
(10) Clinically there is prolonged bleeding time, epistaxis, gingival hemorrhage and increased bleeding after surgery or dental extractions.
(11) The typical history in these patients is one of intermittent recurring epistaxis or nasal destruction and frequently, at the time of the initial examination, the tumor has reached a considerable size with evidence of local invasion.
(12) Selective ligature of the nutrient vessels of the nasal mucosa is an effective method of controlling massive epistaxis.
(13) The possibility of leech endoparasitism should not be overlooked in people presenting with epistaxis or hemoptysis and a history of recent contact with fresh water lakes or streams in tropical regions.
(14) It would appear that this treatment is effective in the control of epistaxis, and there was no evidence of any long-term detrimental effect on the nose, or of any significant mortality.
(15) Epistaxis was diagnosed in 10 patients with apparent upper gastrointestinal bleeding, comprising a 0.55% incidence of hematemesis and melena in the population studied.
(16) Most injuries were contusions (35.9%), followed by strains or sprains (28.2%), epistaxis (12.8%), lacerations (5.1%), and one finger fracture (2.6%), the most significant injury.
(17) To determine the incidence and severity of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with epistaxis treated with both anterior and posterior nasal packs, we obtained polysomnograms on twelve patients while the packs were in place.
(18) The origin of epistaxis was identified during physical examination by observing hemorrhage emanating from the nasal opening of the nasolacrimal duct.
(19) Cooling the nape of the neck is said to induce reflex constriction of the mucosal vessels of the nose, but there is no general agreement in the literature on the benefit of an ice pack as an adjuvant treatment of epistaxis.
(20) The syndrome of massive and sometimes fatal epistaxis from an aneurysm of the internal carotid artery is reviewed.
Nosebleed
Definition:
(n.) A bleeding at the nose.
(n.) The yarrow. See Yarrow.
Example Sentences:
(1) His story - which he was led through on Monday by his lawyer - is that he was outside his house cleaning Sadie, his dog, when the girls came down the road; that he took Holly and Jessica into his house because Holly had a nosebleed; took them upstairs into the bathroom where Holly sat on the edge of the full bath and he gave her tissues to staunch it; took Holly into his bedroom, to sit on the bed while Jessica used the toilet, took Holly back into the bathroom where she could finish cleaning up her nosebleed; accidentally slipped beside Holly and the full bath, and heard a splash; froze in panic; placed his hand over Jessica's mouth because she was screaming, 'You pushed her'.
(2) "If you need an ambulance, it will still arrive in a reasonable time – it's just that they won't be rushing to get there in 19 minutes for the nosebleed," he added.
(3) Not just gas leaking into local rivers , but an array of health problems from headaches and nosebleeds to skin rashes.
(4) The most important clinical findings were increased heart and breathing rate, rectal temperature of 39.9 degrees C, nosebleed and petechiae on the nasal mucosa.
(5) A considerable proportion of "non-bleeding" children reported easy bruising (24%), had bruises at least once a week (36%) and suffered from nosebleeds (39%).
(6) With careful preparation prior to nasal manipulation, most nosebleeds should be readily controllable.
(7) We present a case of severe, recurrent nosebleeds in a 3-year-10-month-old boy with Glanzmann's thrombasthenia.
(8) "Maybe Chelsea fans feeling nervous of opposing-half nosebleed territory against whoever wins tonight, could while away the three weeks with Anti-Football Cup Final™ sponsored by Plaxtons; the new computer game between Chelsea 2012 and Steaua Bucharest 1986?
(9) However, rarely, a nosebleed may be a symptom of a more serious underlying disorder and a suitable history and examination are required.
(10) Achimescu once had a nosebleed that lasted for 20 hours.
(11) As a child growing up in the 1970s I was an athletic tomboy and, aged 10, I was given a nosebleed by a boy in the school playground.
(12) Disturbed children tended to present with symptoms of anxiety, bed-wetting, hayfever, nosebleeds or scabies.
(13) After allowing for the effects of age, sex, smoking habit, and ethnic group, cough and phlegm, wheeze, breathlessness, rhinitis, conjunctivitis, and nosebleeds were found to be more frequent in those exposed to higher than to lower concentrations of dust.
(14) In a recent edition of Oishinbo (The Gourmet), the main character, a journalist, blames radiation exposure for nosebleeds he experiences after a reporting trip to the plant.
(15) Occurring more often in the elderly, posterior nosebleeds are frequently associated with hypertension, atherosclerosis and conditions that decrease platelets and clotting function.
(16) I had a good seat and a lucky one, not up there in the realms of nosebleed and brain haemorrhage, but down in the corner from which all three goals were fashioned and scored.
(17) Bush’s son, Kaden, six, began getting weekly nosebleeds.
(18) Among the OI children there were, apart from the high number of fractures, also significantly increased incidences of bruising, nosebleeds, excessive sweating and hypermobility of joints.
(19) The other patient had profuse nosebleed and was treated with posterior tamponation during which she sat for about 10 min with the neck hyperextended.
(20) Other symptoms such as dyspepsia, headache, nosebleeds and mild hair loss occurred in less than 10% of patients, and were self-terminating.