EPICTAXIC | NASAL BLEEDING

 

EPISTAXIS/NASAL BLEEDING

Bleeding from nostrils

Etiology

  • Trauma on nasal area
  • Bacterial infection
  • Wound in nasal cavity
  • Nitrate/mercury poisoning

Symptoms-

  • Bleeding from one or both nostrils
  • Difficulty in breathing
  • High respiration rate
  • Pale mucus membrane (excessive bleeding)

Diagnosis 

by signs and symptoms or history of trauma

Treatment-

  • Use haemostatic drugs
  • Calcium inj.
  • Broad spectrum antibiotics along with analgesics and multivitamins
  • Antihistamines
  • Mineral Mixtures

 

 

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