Bleeding From the Nose

Seek professional care if you experience any of the following symptoms

• Peripheral cyanosis

• Muscle weakness in the limbs

• Disorder of consciousness

• Swelling of the affected area

• Easy bruising

• Violaceous / purpuric rash

• Recent weight loss

• Vomiting of blood

• Melena (black stools)

• Difficulty breathing / breathlessness

• Dark purple rash on lower limbs

• Gross hematuria

• Head injury

• Epistaxis

  Nosebleed. The majority of nosebleeds come from the front of the nose, and are harmless. Triggers include dry, hot air and picking at the nose. In rare cases, epistaxis may be caused by tumors in the nose or clotting problems in blood.

• von Willebrand disease (vWD)

  vWD is a blood disorder that impairs blood clotting. In people with vWD, a protein called von Willebrand factor either does not function properly, or insuffecient. It's a genetic condition that occurs due to inheriting an abnormal gene that codes for the production of von Willebrand factor in the body.

• Hemophilia

  An inherited bleeding disorder in which blood is unable to clot properly due to a reduced number of blood-clotting proteins (clotting factors), resulting in bleeding for longer than usual and even from slight injuries.

• Immune thrombocytopenic purpura
• Multiple myeloma (MM)

• Yellow fever

• Aplastic anemia

• Leukemia

  Leukemia is a cancer of the body's blood cell-forming tissues. Blood cells circulate in our bloodstream and are created and matured in the bone marrow and the lymphatic system. Leukemia involves white blood cells and lymphatic cells and is of several types. The cancerous cells are produced in excess and do not function normally. Leukemias can be aggressive and cause symptoms or chronic and smolder for years.

• Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea
• Sepsis