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==Overview==
==Overview==
The [[causes]] of [[epistaxis]] can be divided into [[idiopathic]] and [[non-idiopathic]] ones. There are many [[diseases]] and medications that can cause [[epistaxis]] but it also may be spontaneous. Usually [[epistaxis]] is not dangerous but in some cases it can become [[life threatening]]. [[Trauma]] is the most common [[Causes|cause]] of [[epistaxis]].


==Causes==
==Causes==
===Life Threatening Causes===
*[[Hemophilia]]<ref name="KrulewitzFix2019">{{cite journal|last1=Krulewitz|first1=Neil Alexander|last2=Fix|first2=Megan Leigh|title=Epistaxis|journal=Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America|volume=37|issue=1|year=2019|pages=29–39|issn=07338627|doi=10.1016/j.emc.2018.09.005}}</ref>
*[[Congestive heart failure]]
*[[ITP]]
*[[Leukemia]]
===Common Causes===
===Common Causes===
*[[Acute leukemia]]
 
*Local [[trauma]]
*[[Acute sinusitis]]
*[[Acute sinusitis]]
*[[Aplastic anemia]]
*[[Allergic rhinitis]]
*[[Anticoagulation]]
*[[Aspirin]]
*[[Rhinitis|Chronic rhinitis]]
*[[Chronic sinusitis]]
*[[Barotrauma]]
*[[Barotrauma]]
*[[Chronic kidney disease]]
*[[Cocaine]]
*[[Chronic leukemia]]
*[[Common cold]]
*[[Coagulation disorders]]
*[[Foreign bodies]]
*[[Dry nasal mucosa]]
*[[Nose-picking]]
*[[Facial trauma]]
 
*[[Foreign body in nose]]
===Less Common Causes===
*[[Hemophilia]]
*[[Neoplasia]]
*[[Nasal fracture]]
**Sinonasal [[squamous cell carcinoma]]
*[[Nasal trauma]]
**[[Papillomas]]
*[[Nasal tumour]]
**Juvenile nasopharyngeal [[angiofibroma]]
*[[Nose picking]]
**Esthesioneuroblastoma
*[[Rhinitis]]
**[[Paraganglioma]]
*[[Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura]]
*[[Vascular malformations]]
**Capillary [[hemangioma]]
**Hereditary hemorrhagic [[telangiectasia]] ([[Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome]])
*[[Intracranial aneurysms]]<ref name="pmiddoi:10.1016/j.otc.2008.01.003">{{cite journal| author=Schmoldt A, Benthe HF, Haberland G| title=Digitoxin metabolism by rat liver microsomes. | journal=Biochem Pharmacol | year= 1975 | volume= 24 | issue= 17 | pages= 1639-41 | pmid=doi:10.1016/j.otc.2008.01.003 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10  }} </ref>
 
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===
===Causes by Organ System===
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| style="width:25%" bgcolor="LightSteelBlue" ; border="1" |'''Cardiovascular'''
|style="height:100px"; style="width:75%" border="1" bgcolor="Beige" | [[Accelerated hypertension]],  [[Blood vessel disorders ]], [[Cardiopulmonary resuscitation]], [[Coarctation of the aorta]], [[Essential hypertension]], [[Hemangioma]],  [[Hypertension]],  [[Malignant hypertension]], [[Posttraumatic pseudoaneurysm of internal carotid artery]], [[Renal artery stenosis]],  [[Sclerotic vessels]],  [[Secondary hypertension]], [[Superior vena cava syndrome]], [[Vascular disorders]],  [[Vascular malformation]], [[Wegener's granulomatosis]]
| style="width:75%" bgcolor="Beige" ; border="1" |[[Aneurysm|Aneurysm of the carotid artery]], [[atherosclerosis]],  [[Vascular disease|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]]
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| '''Chemical / poisoning'''
|'''Chemical / poisoning'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Ammonia]], [[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]], [[Diquat Dibromide]],  [[Formaldehyde]], [[Indandione rodenticide poisoning]], [[Inhalant abuse]], [[Inhaled irritants]], [[Matikus rodenticide poisoning]], [[Metaldehyde]], [[Mouser rodenticide poisoning]], [[Phosphorous]],  [[Pindone rodenticide poisoning]], [[Ratak Plus rodenticide poisoning]], [[Rodend rodenticide poisoning]], [[Rodenticides]], [[Sulphuric acid]], [[Talon rodenticide poisoning]], [[Tetrachloroethylene]], [[Tetryl]], [[Tobacco]], [[Vanadium]], [[Volak rodenticide poisoning]], [[Volid rodenticide poisoning]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[Intoxicative inhalant|Aerosol abuse]], [[ammonia]], [[angiofibroma]], [[biphenyl]], [[rodenticide|borates rodenticide poisoning]], [[rodenticide|brodifacoum rodenticide poisoning]], [[rodenticide|bromadiolone rodenticide poisoning]], [[rodenticide|brown snake rodenticide poisoning]], [[calcium sulfate]], [[Irritation|chemical irritants]], [[rodenticide|chlorophacinone rodenticide poisoning]], [[rodenticide|chromates rodenticide poisoning]], [[rodenticide|coumachlor rodenticide poisoning]], [[coumafuryl rodenticide poisoning]], [[coumatetralyl rodenticide poisoning]], [[difenacoum rodenticide poisoning]], [[difethialone rodenticide poisoning]], [[diphacinone rodenticide poisoning]], [[formaldehyde]], [[indandione rodenticide poisoning]], [[inhalant abuse]], [[irritants|inhaled irritants]], [[matikus rodenticide poisoning]], [[metaldehyde]], [[mouser rodenticide poisoning]], [[mucormycosis]], [[Phosphorous acid|phosphorous]],  [[rodenticide|pindone rodenticide poisoning]], [[rodenticide|ratak plus rodenticide poisoning]], [[rodenticide|rodend rodenticide poisoning]], [[rodenticides]], [[solvent abuse]], [[sulphuric acid]], [[rodenticide|talon rodenticide poisoning]], [[tetrachloroethylene]], [[tetryl]], [[vanadium]], [[rodenticide|volak rodenticide poisoning]], [[rodenticide|volid rodenticide poisoning]], [[tobacco smoke]]
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| '''Dental'''
|'''Dental'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Dental extraction]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[Dental extraction]]
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|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Dermatologic'''
|'''Dermatologic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Benign mucosal pemphigoid]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[Cicatricial pemphigoid|Benign mucosal pemphigoid]], [[defibrination syndrome]], [[leprosy]], [[Skin and soft-tissue infections|localized skin infection]], [[melanoma]], [[mucormycosis]],  [[excoriation|nasal excoriation]], [[Osler-Weber-Rendu Disease|Osler-weber-rendu disease]], [[purpura]], [[pyogenic granuloma|septal granulomas]], [[furuncles|staphylococcal furuncles]], [[systemic lupus erythematosus]], [[Thrombocytopenic purpura|thrombocyopenic purpura]]
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|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
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| '''Drug Side Effect'''
|'''Drug Side Effect'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Anticoagulants ]], [[Antiplatelet medication]], [[Aspirin]], [[Budesonide]], [[Cefpodoxime]], [[Ciclesonide]], [[Clopidogrel]], [[caspofungin acetate]], [[Clove (herbal agent)]], [[Desmopressin]], [[Febuxostat]], [[Fexofenadine]], [[Ibuprofen]], [[Inhaled corticosteroids]], [[Ipratropium bromide]], [[Isotretinoin]], [[Leflunomide]], [[Loratadine]], [[Meropenem]], [[Narcotics]], [[Olopatadine]], [[Oxcarbazepine]], [[Pennyroyal oil (herbal agent)]], [[Pramipexole]], [[Rifaximin]], [[Sertraline]], [[Sulindac]], [[Thalidomide]], [[Topiramate]], [[Triamcinolone acetonide]], [[Valproic acid]], [[Warfarin]], [[Tobramycin]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[Allegra]], [[anticoagulants]], [[antiplatelet drug]], [[aspirin]], [[bicalutamide]], [[budesonide]], [[butorphanol]], [[cefpodoxime]], [[ciclesonide]],[[clemastine|clemastine fumarate]], [[clopidogrel]], [[caspofungin acetate]], [[Clove|clove (herbal agent)]], [[desmopressin]], [[diquat|diquat dibromide]], [[febuxostat]], [[fexofenadine]], [[flurbiprofen]], [[Fluticasone Nasal Spray|fluticasone nasal spray]], [[heroin]], [[histrelin]], [[Ibuprofen]], [[corticosteroids]], [[ipratropium bromide]], [[isotretinoin]][[leflunomide]], [[lenvatinib]], [[loratadine]], [[meropenem]], [[metipranolol]], [[miltefosine]], [[narcotics]], [[Corticosteroid |nasal steroids]], [[olopatadine]], [[oxcarbazepine]], [[palbociclib]], [[Pennyroyal|pennyroyal oil (herbal agent)]], [[pramipexole]], [[prasugrel]], [[ramucirumab]], [[retapamulin]], [[rifaximin]], [[riociguat]],[[romiplostim]], [[sertraline]], [[sulindac]], [[telfast]], [[tiagabine]], [[thalidomide]], [[tobramycin]], [[topiramate]], [[triamcinolone acetonide]], [[trimethadione]], [[valproic acid]], [[warfarin]]
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| '''Ear Nose Throat'''
|'''Ear Nose Throat'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Abnormal nasal anatomy]],  [[Acute sinusitis]], [[Allergic rhinitis]],  [[Antrochoanal polyps]],  [[Benign nose tumors]],  [[Chronic sinusitis]],  [[Common cold]],  [[Deviated septum]],  [[Dry nasal mucosa]], [[Esthesioneuroblastoma]],  [[Ethmoidal polyps]],  [[Foreign body]], [[Increased nasal venous pressure]],  [[Intranasal rhabdomyosarcoma]],  [[Intranasal tumors]],  [[Inverting papilloma]],  [[Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma]],  [[Maxillary sinus carcinoma]],  [[Nasal cancer]],  [[Nasal congestion]],  [[Nasal excoriation]],  [[Nasal foreign body]],  [[Nasal obstruction]],  [[Nasal polyps]],  [[Nasal septum deviation]],  [[Nasal tumor]],  [[Nasal ulceration]],  [[Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma]],  [[Nasopharyngeal carcinoma]],  [[Rhinoscleroma]],  [[Septal deviation]],  [[Septal perforation]],  [[Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma]],  [[Sinus tumor]],  [[Sinusitis]],  [[Unilateral choanal atresia]], [[Wegener's granulomatosis]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |Abnormal nasal anatomy , [[acute sinusitis]],  [[allergic rhinitis]],  [[Nasal polyp|antrochoanal polyps]], [[Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery|antrostomy]],  [[barotrauma]],  [[Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma|benign nose tumors]],  [[broken nose]],  [[Mucous membrane of nose|chronic irritation of the nasal mucosa]], [[rhinitis|chronic rhinitis]] ,  [[chronic sinusitis]] [[common cold]],  [[deviated septum]],  [[Mucous membrane of nose|dry nasal mucosa]], [[epstein's syndrome]],  [[esthesioneuroblastoma]],  [[Nasal polyp|ethmoidal polyps]], [[hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia]], increased nasal venous pressure, [[Rhabdomyosarcoma|intranasal rhabdomyosarcoma]],  [[inverted papilloma]], [[juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma]],  [[Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma|maxillary sinus carcinoma]],  [[Maxillofacial trauma|maxillofacial injury]],  [[barotrauma|middle ear barotrauma]],  [[Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma|nasal cancer]], [[nasal cannula]],  [[Staphylococcus aureus|nasal colonization with staphylococcus aureus]] ,  [[nasal congestion]],  [[diphtheria|nasal diphtheria]],  [[excoriation|nasal excoriation]],  [[foreign body|nasal foreign body]],  [[nasal fracture]],  [[Infection|nasal infection]], [[nasal congestion|nasal obstruction]],  [[nasal polyp]],  [[Deviated septum|nasal septum deviation]],  [[nasal sprays]],  [[tuberculosis|nasal tuberculosis]],  [[nasopharyngeal angiofibroma]],  [[nasopharyngeal carcinoma]],  [[Ulcer|nasal ulceration]],  [[rhinitis|non-allergic rhinitis]], [[Nose-picking|nose picking]],  [[rhinitis]],  [[rhinoplasty]] [[rhinoscleroma]] [[septal deviation]],  [[Nasal septal perforation|septal perforation]],  [[sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma]],  [[Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma|sinus tumor]],  [[sinusitis]],  [[superior vena cava syndrome]],  [[Kiesselbach's plexus|trauma to littlee's area]],  [[Choanal atresia|unilateral choanal atresia]], [[rhinitis|viral rhinitis]]
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| '''Endocrine'''
|'''Endocrine'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Cystic fibrosis]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[Acthar]], [[cystic fibrosis]], [[corticotropin]]
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|-  
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|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Environmental'''
|'''Environmental'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| No underlying causes
| bgcolor="Beige" |Cold air, dry air, [[Irritation|environmental irritants]], [[humidity]]
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|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Gastroenterologic'''
|'''Gastroenterologic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Biliary cirrhosis]],  [[Cirrhosis]], [[Secondary biliary cirrhosis]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[Cirrhosis]], [[hepatitis]], [[mucormycosis]], [[progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis]], [[Banti's syndrome]],  [[Zygomycosis|rhinocerebral mucormycosis]], [[zygomycosis|rhinocerebral zygomycosis]], [[Von Gierke Disease]], [[Zygomycosis]]
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|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Genetic'''
|'''Genetic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[ADP platelet receptor P2Y12 deficiency]], [[Bernard-Soulier syndrome]], [[Congenital hypoplastic anemia]], [[Congential fibrinogen deficiency]], [[Cystic fibrosis]], [[Epstein's syndrome]], [[Essential thrombocythemia]], [[Familial platelet syndrome with predisposition to acute myelogenous leukemia]], [[Fanconi's anemia]], [[Glycogen Storage Disease]], [[Hemoglobin Lepore syndrome]], [[Hemoglobin S/hemoglobin O (Arab)]], [[Hemoglobin SC]], [[Hemophilia]], [[Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia]], [[Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome]],  [[Leukocyte adhesion deficiency]], [[May-Hegglin anomaly]], [[Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome]], [[Owren parahemophilia]], [[Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis]], [[Prothrombin deficiency]], [[Sickle cell anemia]], [[Von Gierke disease]], [[Von Willebrand disease]],  [[X-linked dyserythropoietic anemia and thrombocytopenia]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[P2Y12|ADP platelet receptor P2Y12 deficiency]], [[autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome]], [[Banti's syndrome]], [[christmas disease]], [[coarctation of the aorta]], [[congenital afibrinogenemia]], [[congenital hypoplastic anemia]], [[congenital syphilis]], [[Factor I Deficiency|Congential fibrinogen deficiency]], [[connective tissue disease]], [[cystic fibrosis]], [[Grey platelet syndrome|familial platelet syndrome]], [[Fanconi's anemia]], [[Hemoglobin Lepore syndrome]], [[ hemophilia]], [[Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome]], [[Coagulopathy|inherited coagulation disorders]], [[leukocyte adhesion deficiency]], [[May-Hegglin anomaly]], [[Osler-Weber-Rendu Disease]], [[Factor V|Owren parahemophilia]], [[progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis]], [[prothrombin deficiency]], [[sickle cell anemia]], [[Von Gierke disease]], [[Von Willebrand disease]],  [[Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia|X-linked dyserythropoietic anemia and thrombocytopenia]]
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|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Hematologic'''
|'''Hematologic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Acute erythroleukemia]], [[Acute leukemia]],  [[Acute lymphocytic leukemia]], [[Acute promyelocytic leukemia]], [[Aplastic anemia]], [[Autoimmune thrombocytopenia]], [[Banti syndrome]], [[Bernard-Soulier syndrome]], [[Bing-Neel syndrome]], [[Bleeding tendency]],  [[Blood dyscrasias]], [[Christmas disease]], [[Chronic leukemia]], [[Coagulopathies]], [[Congenital afibrinogenemia]], [[Defibrination syndrome]],  [[Factor V deficiency]], [[Factor V Quebec]], [[Factor VII deficiency]], [[Factor X deficiency]], [[Fanconi anemia]], [[Hematological malignancy]], [[Hemoglobin Lepore syndrome]], [[Hemoglobin S/hemoglobin O (Arab)]],  [[Hemoglobin SC]], [[Hemophilia]], [[Leukemia]], [[Myelodysplastic syndromes]], [[Myeloproliferative diseases]], [[Nasal-type extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma]], [[Pancytopenia]], [[Platelet function disorders]], [[Polycythemia vera]],  [[Stuart factor deficiency]], [[Thrombasthenia]], [[Thrombocyopenic purpura]], [[Thrombocytopathy]],  [[Thrombocytopenia]], [[Thrombocyopenic purpura]], [[Von Willebrand's disease]], [[Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[Coagulopathy|Acquired coagulation disorders]], [[Factor XIII deficiency|acquired factor XIII deficiency]], [[acute erythroleukemia]], [[acute leukemia]],  [[acute lymphocytic leukemia]], [[acute promyelocytic leukemia]], [[anemia]], [[aplastic anemia]], [[autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome]], [[Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura|autoimmune thrombocytopenia]], [[Bernard-Soulier syndrome]], [[Bing-Neel syndrome]], [[bleeding diathesis]], [[bleeding disorders]], [[bleeding tendency]],  [[Dyscrasia|blood dyscrasias]], [[christmas disease]], [[chronic leukemia]], [[coagulation disorders]], [[congenital afibrinogenemia]], [[congenital hypoplastic anemia]],  [[Factor I Deficiency|congential fibrinogen deficiency]], [[defibrination syndrome]], [[Epstein's syndrome]], [[Factor V|factor V deficiency]], [[factor VII|factor VII deficiency]], [[factor X|factor X deficiency]], [[dyscrasia|familial blood dyscrasias]], [[Grey platelet syndrome|familial platelet syndrome]], [[Fanconi's anemia]], [[hematological malignancy]], [[Hemoglobin Lepore syndrome]], [[hemoglobin SC]], [[ hemophilia]], [[Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome]], [[idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura]],  [[coagulopathy|Inability of the blood to clot]], [[leukaemia]], [[lymphomatoid granulomatosis]], [[May-Hegglin anomaly]], [[myelodysplastic syndromes]], [[myeloproliferative diseases]], [[Factor V|Owren parahemophilia]], [[pancytopenia]], [[Blood type|people with blood group O]], [[Giant platelet disorder|platelet disorders]], [[polycythemia vera]],  [[purpura]], [[sickle cell anemia]], [[Factor X|stuart factor deficiency]], [[superior vena cava syndrome]], [[thrombasthenia]], [[thrombocytopenic purpura]],  [[thrombocytopathy]], [[thrombocytopenia]], [[Von Willebrand disease]], [[Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia]], [[Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia|X-linked dyserythropoietic anemia and thrombocytopenia]]
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| '''Iatrogenic'''
|'''Iatrogenic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Antrostomy]], [[Dental extraction]], [[Endoscopic sinus procedures]], [[Facial surgery]], [[Nasal cannula]], [[Nasogastric tube placement]], [[Nasotracheal intubation]], [[Orbital decompression]], [[Rhinoplasty]], [[Septoplasty]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[Adenoidectomy]], [[functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery|antrostomy]], [[dental extraction]], [[Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery|endoscopic sinus procedures]], [[oral and maxillofacial surgery|facial surgery]], [[nasal cannula]], [[surgery|nasal surgery]], [[nasogastric intubation|nasogastric tube placement]], [[tracheal intubation|nasotracheal intubation]], [[eye surgery|Orbital decompression]], [[bleeding|postoperative]], [[rhinoplasty]], [[septoplasty]], [[sinus surgery]], [[turbinectomy]]
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|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Infectious Disease'''
|'''Infectious Disease'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Argentinean hemorrhagic fever]], [[Bolivian hemorrhagic fever]],  [[Hantavirus]], [[Leprosy]], [[Localized skin or soft tissue infection]], [[Lymphomatoid granulomatosis]], [[Machupo virus]], [[Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis]], [[Mucormycosis]], [[Nasal infection]], [[Omsk hemorrhagic fever]],  [[Pertussis]], [[Pyogenic granuloma]], [[Relapsing fever]], [[Respiratory tract infection]], [[Rheumatic fever]], [[Rhinocerebral mucormycosis]], [[Rhinocerebral zygomycosis]], [[Rhinosporidiosis]], [[Septal granulomas]], [[Stachybotrys chartarum]], [[Tuberculosis]], [[Typhoid fever]], [[Upper respiratory infection]], [[Viral rhinitis]], [[Weil's syndrome]], [[Whooping cough]], [[Zygomycosis]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[Argentinean hemorrhagic fever]], [[Bolivian hemorrhagic fever]], [[congenital syphilis]], [[dengue hemorrhagic fever]], [[Hantavirosis]], [[hepatitis]],  [[Mediastinitis|idiopathic fibrosing mediastinitis]], [[infectious diseases]], [[Inflammation |inflammatory disorders]], [[leprosy]], [[Skin and soft-tissue infections|localized skin infection]], [[Machupo virus]], [[mucocutaneous leishmaniasis]], [[mucormycosis]], [[Diphtheria|nasal diphtheria]], [[infection|nasal infection]], [[Omsk hemorrhagic fever]],  [[tuberculosis|nasal tuberculosis]], [[pertussis]], [[relapsing fever]], [[respiratory tract infection]], [[Zygomycosis|rhinocerebral mucormycosis]], [[Zygomycosis|rhinocerebral zygomycosis]], [[rheumatic fever]], [[rhinoscleroma]], [[rhinosporidiosis]], [[scleroma]], [[sinusitis]], [[Stachybotrys chartarum]], [[Skin and soft-tissue infections |Soft tissue infection]], [[Furuncles|Staphylococcal furuncles]], [[Streptococcus pyogenes|Streptococcus pyogenes infection]], [[Nasal congestion|systemic infection with nasal congestion]], [[tuberculosis]], [[typhoid fever]], [[rhinitis |viral rhinitis]], [[upper respiratory infections|viral upper respiratory infections]], [[Weil syndrome]], [[whooping cough]], [[zygomycosis]]
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|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Musculoskeletal / Ortho'''
|'''Musculoskeletal / Ortho'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| No underlying causes
| bgcolor="Beige" |No underlying causes
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|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Neurologic'''
|'''Neurologic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Acute cholinergic dysautonomia]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[Dysautonomia|Acute cholinergic dysautonomia]], [[Bing-Neel syndrome]], [[head injury]], [[Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome]]
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|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Nutritional / Metabolic'''
|'''Nutritional / Metabolic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Malnutrition]], [[Vitamin C deficiency]], [[Vitamin K deficiency]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[P2Y12|ADP platelet receptor p2y12 deficiency]], [[Clove|clove (herbal agent)]], [[cystic fibrosis]], [[dieting|excessive dieting]], [[ginseng]], [[glycogen storage disease]], [[malnutrition]], [[weight loss|rapid weight loss]], [[vitamin C deficiency]], [[vitamin K deficiency]], [[Von Gierke disease]]
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|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Obstetric/Gynecologic'''
|'''Obstetric/Gynecologic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Pregnancy]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[Menopause]], [[pregnancy]]
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|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Oncologic'''
|'''Oncologic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Acute erythroleukemia]], [[Acute leukemia]], [[Acute lymphocytic leukemia]], [[Acute promyelocytic leukemia]], [[Angiofibroma]], [[Benign nose tumors]], [[Esthesioneuroblastoma]], [[Hematological malignancy]], [[Intranasal rhabdomyosarcoma]], [[Intranasal tumors]], [[Inverting papilloma]], [[Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma]], [[Leukemia]], [[Maxillary sinus carcinoma]], [[Myelodysplastic syndromes]], [[Nasal cancer]], [[Nasal tumor]], [[Nasal-type extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma]], [[Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma]], [[Nasopharyngeal carcinoma]], [[Pindborg tumor]], [[Rhabdomyosarcoma]], [[Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma]], [[Sinus tumor]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[Acute erythroleukemia]], [[acute leukemia]], [[acute lymphocytic leukemia]], [[acute promyelocytic leukemia]], [[adenoid cystic carcinoma]], [[angiofibroma]], [[chronic leukemia]], [[esthesioneuroblastoma]], [[hemangioma]], [[hematological malignancy]], [[Rhabdomyosarcoma|Intranasal rhabdomyosarcoma]], [[inverted papilloma]], [[juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma]], [[leukaemia]], [[Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma|maxillary sinus carcinoma]], [[melanoma]], [[myelodysplastic syndromes]], [[myeloproliferative diseases]], [[Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma|nasal cancer]], [[Extranodal NK-T-cell lymphoma|nasal type natural killer/t-cell lymphoma]], [[nasopharyngeal angiofibroma]], [[nasopharyngeal carcinoma|nasopharyngeal cancers]], [[nasopharyngeal carcinoma]], [[neoplasm]], [[Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor|pindborg tumor]], [[polycythemia vera]], [[rhabdomyosarcoma]], [[Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma]], [[squamous cell carcinoma]], [[Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia]]
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| '''Opthalmologic'''
|'''Opthalmologic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| Orbital decompression
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[eye surgery|Orbital decompression]]
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|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Overdose / Toxicity'''
|'''Overdose / Toxicity'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Adhesive abuse]], [[Aerosol abuse]], [[Alcohol]],  [[Chronic vitamin A toxicity]], [[Cocaine]], [[Heroin]], [[Solvent abuse]],  [[Volatile inhalants of abuse]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[alcohol|Alcohol abuse]], [[Nasal spray|chronic usage of nasal sprays]], [[vitamin A|chronic vitamin A toxicity]], [[cocaine]], [[heroin]], [[narcotics]]
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|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Psychiatric'''
|'''Psychiatric'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| No underlying causes
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[Intoxicative inhalant|Aerosol abuse]], [[alcohol abuse]], [[child abuse]], [[inhalant abuse]], [[solvent abuse]], [[Inhalant|volatile inhalants]]
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|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Pulmonary'''
|'''Pulmonary'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Asphyxiation]], [[Barotrauma]], [[Cystic fibrosis]], [[Respiratory tract infection]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[Asphyxiation]], [[barotrauma]], [[common cold]], [[cystic fibrosis]], [[mediastinitis|idiopathic fibrosing mediastinitis]], [[pertussis]], [[respiratory tract infection]], [[sarcoidosis]], [[Wegener's granulomatosis]], [[Whooping cough]]
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|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Renal / Electrolyte'''
|'''Renal / Electrolyte'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Chronic kidney disease]], [[Dialysis]], [[Wegener's granulomatosis]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[Chronic kidney disease]], [[Epstein's syndrome]], [[renal artery stenosis]], [[renal dialysis]], [[renal disease]], [[systemic lupus erythematosus]], [[Wegener's granulomatosis]]
|-
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Rheum / Immune / Allergy'''
|'''Rheum / Immune / Allergy'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Allergic rhinitis]], [[Allergies]], [[Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome ]], [[Autoimmune thrombocytopenia]], [[Immune thrombocytopenic purpura]], [[Polychondritis]], [[Systemic lupus erythematosus]], [[Wegener's granulomatosis]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[Allergic rhinitis]], [[allergies]], [[autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome]], [[Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura|autoimmune thrombocytopenia|autoimmune thrombocytopenia]], [[Cicatricial pemphigoid|benign mucosal pemphigoid]], [[immune thrombocytopenic purpura]], [[leukocyte adhesion deficiency]], [[polychondritis]], [[rheumatic fever]], [[rhinitis]], [[sarcoidosis]], [[systemic lupus erythematosus]], [[Wegener's granulomatosis]]
|-
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Sexual'''
|'''Sexual'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Cystic fibrosis]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |No underlying causes
|-
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Trauma'''
|'''Trauma'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Broken nose]], [[Facial trauma]], [[Head injury]], [[Maxillofacial injury]], [[Nasal fracture]],  [[Nasal trauma]], [[Skull fracture]], [[Sphenoidal fracture]], [[Trauma to Little's area]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[Barotrauma]], [[blunt trauma]], [[broken nose]], [[facial trauma]], [[head injury]], [[Maxillofacial trauma|maxillofacial injury]], [[nasal fracture]],  [[pseudoaneurysm|post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm]], [[Skull fracture]], [[basilar skull fracture|sphenoidal fracture]], [[Kiesselbach's plexus|trauma to littlee's area]]
|-
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Urologic'''
|'''Urologic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| No underlying causes
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[Inverted papilloma]]
|-
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
|- bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Miscellaneous'''
|'''Miscellaneous'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Aging]], [[Cold air]],  [[Dry air]],  [[Idiopathic fibrosing mediastinitis]],  [[Malnutrition]],  [[Menopause]],  [[Nose picking]],  [[Sarcoidosis]]
| bgcolor="Beige" |[[Foreign bodies]], [[Pennyroyal|pennyroyal oil]]
|-
|-
|}
|}


===Causes in Alphabetical Order===
===Causes in Alphabetical Order===
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*Abnormal nasal anatomy
*[[Abnormal nasal anatomy]]
*[[Coagulopathy|Acquired coagulation disorders]]
*[[Accelerated hypertension]]
*[[Factor XIII deficiency|Acquired factor XIII deficiency]]
*[[Acute cholinergic dysautonomia]]
*[[Acthar]]
*[[Dysautonomia|Acute cholinergic dysautonomia]]
*[[Acute erythroleukemia]]
*[[Acute erythroleukemia]]
*[[Acute leukemia]]
*[[Acute leukemia]]
*[[Acute lymphocytic leukemia]]
*[[Acute lymphocytic leukemia]]  
*[[Acute promyelocytic leukemia]]
*[[Acute promyelocytic leukemia]]
*[[Respiratory tract infection|Acute respiratory tract infections]]
*[[Acute sinusitis]]
*[[Acute sinusitis]]
*[[Adhesive abuse]]
*[[Adenoid cystic carcinoma]]
*[[ADP platelet receptor P2Y12 deficiency]]
*[[Adenoidectomy]]  
*[[Aerosol abuse]]
*[[P2Y12|ADP platelet receptor p2y12 deficiency]]  
*[[Aging]]<ref name="pmid3747017">{{cite journal |author=Janzen VD |title=Rhinological disorders in the elderly |journal=J Otolaryngol |volume=15 |issue=4 |pages=228–30 |year=1986 |month=August |pmid=3747017 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*[[Inhalant|Aerosol abuse]]
*[[Alcohol]]
*[[Alcohol abuse]]
*[[Allergic rhinitis]]
*[[Allegra]]  
*[[Allergic rhinitis]]  
*[[Allergies]]
*[[Allergies]]
*[[Ammonia]]
*[[Ammonia]]
*[[Angiofibroma]]
*[[Anemia]]
*[[Anticoagulants]]<ref name="pmid23053175">{{cite journal |author=Edwards CP, Shehata N, Faughnan ME |title=Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia patients can tolerate anticoagulation |journal=Ann. Hematol. |volume=91 |issue=12 |pages=1959–68 |year=2012 |month=December |pmid=23053175 |doi=10.1007/s00277-012-1553-8 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid22970730">{{cite journal |author=Chen BC, Viny AD, Garlich FM, ''et al.'' |title=Hemorrhagic complications associated with dabigatran use |journal=Clin Toxicol (Phila) |volume=50 |issue=9 |pages=854–7 |year=2012 |month=November |pmid=22970730 |doi=10.3109/15563650.2012.721888 |url=}}</ref>
*[[Aneurysm |Aneurysm of the carotid artery]]
*[[Antiplatelet medication]]
*[[Angiofibroma]]  
*[[Antrochoanal polyps]]
*[[Anticoagulant]]
*[[Antrostomy]]
*[[Antiplatelet drug|Antiplatelet medication]]
*[[Aplastic anemia]]<ref name="pmid21453618">{{cite journal |author=Wali R, Fadoo Z, Adil S, Naqvi MA |title=Aplastic anemia: clinicohaematological features, treatment and outcome analysis |journal=J Coll Physicians Surg Pak |volume=21 |issue=4 |pages=219–22 |year=2011 |month=April |pmid=21453618 |doi=04.2011/JCPSP.219222 |url=}}</ref>
*[[Nasal polyp|Antrochoanal polyps]]
*[[Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery|Antrostomy]]
*[[Aplastic anemia]]
*[[Argentinean hemorrhagic fever]]
*[[Argentinean hemorrhagic fever]]
*[[Asphyxiation]]
*[[Asphyxiation]]
*[[Aspirin]]
*[[Aspirin]]
*[[Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome ]]
*[[Atherosclerosis]]
*[[Autoimmune thrombocytopenia]]
*[[Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome]]  
*[[Banti syndrome]]
*[[Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura|Autoimmune thrombocytopenia]]
*[[Barotrauma]]<ref name="pmid23397871">{{cite journal |author=Gunn DJ, O'Hagan S |title=Unilateral optic neuropathy from possible sphenoidal sinus barotrauma after recreational scuba diving: a case report |journal=Undersea Hyperb Med |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=81–6 |year=2013 |pmid=23397871 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*[[Upper respiratory tract infection|Bacterial upper respiratory infections]]
*[[Benign mucosal pemphigoid]]
*[[Banti's syndrome]]  
*[[Benign nose tumors]]
*[[Barotrauma]]
*[[Bernard-Soulier syndrome]]
*[[Cicatricial pemphigoid|Benign mucosal pemphigoid]]
*[[Biliary cirrhosis]]
*[[Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma|Benign nose tumors]]
*[[Bernard-Soulier syndrome]]  
*[[Bing-Neel syndrome]]
*[[Bing-Neel syndrome]]
*[[Biphenyl]]
*[[Biphenyl]]
*[[Bleeding tendency]]
*[[Bleeding diathesis]]
*[[Blood dyscrasias]]
*[[Bleeding disorders]]
*[[Blood vessel disorders ]]
*[[Dyscrasia|Blood dyscrasias]]  
*[[Vascular disease|Blood vessel disorders]]
*[[Blunt trauma]]
*[[Bolivian hemorrhagic fever]]
*[[Bolivian hemorrhagic fever]]
*[[Borates rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Borate|Borates rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Brodifacoum rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Brodifacoum|Brodifacoum rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Broken nose]]
*[[Broken nose]]  
*[[Bromadiolone rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Bromadiolone|Bromadiolone rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Brown snake rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Rodenticide|Brown snake rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Butorphanol]]  
*[[Calcium sulfate]]
*[[Calcium sulfate]]
*[[Cardiopulmonary resuscitation]]
*[[Cardiopulmonary resuscitation]]
*[[Chemical irritants]]
*[[Irritation|Chemical irritants]]
*[[Child abuse]]
*[[Chlorophacinone rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Chlorophacinone rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Christmas disease]]
*[[Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis|Cholestasis, progressive familial intrahepatic]]
*[[Chromates rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Hemophilia B|Christmas disease]]
*[[Chronic kidney disease]]
*[[Rodenticide|Chromates rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Excoriation|Chronic excoriation]]
*[[Irritation|Chronic irritation of the nasal mucosa]]  
*[[Chronic kidney disease]]  
*[[Chronic leukemia]]
*[[Chronic leukemia]]
*[[Chronic sinusitis]]
*[[Rhinitis|Chronic rhinitis ]]
*[[Chronic vitamin A toxicity]]
*[[Chronic sinusitis]]  
*[[Nasal spray|Chronic usage of nasal sprays]]
*[[Vitamin A|Chronic vitamin A toxicity]]
*[[Cirrhosis]]
*[[Cirrhosis]]
*[[Clopidogrel]]<ref name="pmid22970730">{{cite journal |author=Chen BC, Viny AD, Garlich FM, ''et al.'' |title=Hemorrhagic complications associated with dabigatran use |journal=Clin Toxicol (Phila) |volume=50 |issue=9 |pages=854–7 |year=2012 |month=November |pmid=22970730 |doi=10.3109/15563650.2012.721888 |url=}}</ref>
*[[Clemastine|Clemastine fumarate]]
*[[Clove (herbal agent)]]
*[[Clopidogrel]]
*[[Coagulopathies]]
*[[Clove|Clove (herbal agent)]]  
*[[Coagulation disorders]]
*[[Coagulopathy]]
*[[Coarctation of the aorta]]
*[[Coarctation of the aorta]]
*[[Cocaine]]
*[[Cocaine]]
*[[Cold air]]
*Cold air
*[[Common cold]]
*[[Common cold]]  
*[[Congenital afibrinogenemia]]
*[[Congenital afibrinogenemia]]  
*[[Congenital hypoplastic anemia]]
*[[Congenital hypoplastic anemia]]
*[[Congential fibrinogen deficiency]]
*[[Congenital syphilis]]
*[[Factor I Deficiency|Congential fibrinogen deficiency]]
*[[Congestive heart failure]]
*[[Connective tissue disease]]
*[[Corticosteroids]]
*[[Corticotropin]]  
*[[Coumachlor rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Coumachlor rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Coumafuryl rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Coumafuryl rodenticide poisoning]]  
*[[Coumatetralyl rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Coumatetralyl rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Cystic fibrosis]]
*[[Cystic fibrosis]]
*[[Defibrination syndrome]]
*[[Defibrination syndrome]]
*[[Dengue hemorrhagic fever]]
*[[Dental extraction]]
*[[Dental extraction]]
*[[Desmopressin]]
*[[Desmopressin]]
*[[Deviated septum]]<ref name="pmid23250538">{{cite journal |author=Bobrov VM |title=[Classification and clinical observation of rhinoliths in the adult patients] |language=Russian |journal=Vestn. Otorinolaringol. |volume= |issue=5 |pages=88–90 |year=2012 |pmid=23250538 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*[[Deviated septum]]
*[[Dialysis]]
*[[Dialysis]]
*[[Difenacoum rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Difenacoum rodenticide poisoning]]  
*[[Difethialone rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Difethialone rodenticide poisoning]]  
*[[Diphacinone rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Diphacinone rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Diquat Dibromide]]
*[[Diquat|Diquat dibromide]]  
*[[Dry air]]
*Dry air
*[[Dry nasal mucosa]]
*[[Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery|Endoscopic sinus procedures]]
*[[Endoscopic sinus procedures]]
*[[Irritation|Environmental irritants]]
*[[Epstein's syndrome]]
*[[Epstein's syndrome]]
*[[Essential hypertension]]
*[[Essential hypertension]]
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*[[Essential thrombocythemia]]
*[[Essential thrombocythemia]]
*[[Esthesioneuroblastoma]]
*[[Esthesioneuroblastoma]]
*[[Ethmoidal polyps]]
*[[Nasal polyp|Ethmoidal polyps]]
*[[Facial surgery]]
*[[Dieting|Excessive dieting]]
*[[Facial trauma]]
*[[Facial trauma]]
*[[Factor V deficiency]]
*[[Oral and maxillofacial surgery|Facial surgery]]  
*[[Factor V Quebec]]
*[[Factor V|Factor V deficiency]]
*[[Factor VII deficiency]]
*[[Factor VII|Factor VII deficiency]]
*[[Factor X deficiency]]
*[[Factor X|Factor X deficiency]]  
*[[Familial platelet syndrome with predisposition to acute myelogenous leukemia]]
*[[Dyscrasia|Familial blood dyscrasias]]
*[[Fanconi's anemia]]
*[[Grey platelet syndrome|Familial platelet syndrome ]]
*[[Fanconi's anemia]]  
*[[Fexofenadine]]
*[[Fexofenadine]]
*[[Fluticasone]] (spray)
*[[Flurbiprofen]]
*[[Foreign body]]
*[[Fluticasone Nasal Spray (patient information)|Fluticasone]]
*[[Formaldehyde]]
*[[Foreign bodies]]
*[[Glycogen Storage Disease]]
*[[Formaldehyde]]
*[[Hantavirus]]
*[[Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery|Functional endoscopic sinus surgery]]
*[[Ginseng]]
*[[Glycogen storage disease]]
*[[Granulomatosis]]
*[[Wegener's granulomatosis|Granulomatosis with polyangiitis]]
*[[Hantavirosis ]]
*[[Head injury]]
*[[Head injury]]
*[[Hemophilia]]
*[[Heart failure]]
*[[Hemangioma]]
*[[Hemangioma]]
*[[Hematological malignancy]]
*[[Hematological malignancy]]
*[[Hemoglobin Lepore syndrome]]
*[[Hemoglobin Lepore syndrome]]
*[[Hemoglobin S/hemoglobin O (Arab)]]
*[[Hemoglobin SC]]
*[[Hemoglobin SC]]
*[[Hemophilia]]
*[[Hepatitis]]
*[[Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia]]
*[[Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia]]  
*[[Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome]]
*[[Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome]]
*[[Heroin]]
*[[Heroin]]
*[[Histrelin]]
*[[Humidity]]
*[[Hypertension]]
*[[Hypertension]]
*[[Ibuprofen]]
*[[Ibuprofen]]
*[[Idiopathic fibrosing mediastinitis]]
*[[Mediastinitis|Idiopathic fibrosing mediastinitis]]
*[[Immune thrombocytopenic purpura]]
*[[Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura]]
*[[Coagulopathy|Inability of the blood to clot]]
*[[Increased nasal venous pressure]]
*[[Increased nasal venous pressure]]
*[[Indandione rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Indandione rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Infection]]
*[[Inhalant abuse]]
*[[Inhalant abuse]]
*[[Inhaled corticosteroids]]
*[[Corticosteroids|Inhaled corticosteroids]]
*[[Inhaled irritants]]
*[[Intoxicative inhalant|Inhaled irritants]]  
*[[Intranasal rhabdomyosarcoma]]
*[[Coagulopathy|Inherited  coagulation disorders]]
*[[Intranasal tumors]]
*[[Rhabdomyosarcoma|Intranasal rhabdomyosarcoma]]
*[[Inverting papilloma]]
*[[Inverted papilloma]]
*[[Isotretinoin]]
*[[Isotretinoin]]
*[[Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma]]
*[[Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma]]
*[[Lenvatinib]]
*[[Leprosy]]
*[[Leprosy]]
*[[Leukemia]]<ref name="pmid23153630">{{cite journal |author=Alessandrini M, Micarelli A, Mugnaini F, De Padova A, Pavone I, Bruno E |title=Unusual case of oral chronic lymphocytic leukemia presenting as recurrent epistaxis and asymptomatic intraoral swelling |journal=Rev Stomatol Chir Maxillofac |volume=113 |issue=6 |pages=455–7 |year=2012 |month=December |pmid=23153630 |doi=10.1016/j.stomax.2012.10.001 |url=}}</ref>
*[[Leukemia]]
*[[Leukocyte adhesion deficiency]]
*[[Leukocyte adhesion deficiency]]
*[[Localized skin or soft tissue infection]]
*[[Skin and soft-tissue infections|Localized skin infection]]
*[[Loratadine]]
*[[Loratadine]]
*[[Lymphomatoid granulomatosis]]
*[[Lymphomatoid granulomatosis]]
*[[Machupo virus]]
*[[Machupo virus]]
*[[Malignant hypertension]]
*[[Malignant hypertension]]  
*[[Malnutrition]]<ref name="pmid21984062">{{cite journal |author=Reiss M, Reiss G |title=Epistaxis: some aspects of laterality in 326 patients |journal=Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol |volume=269 |issue=3 |pages=905–9 |year=2012 |month=March |pmid=21984062 |doi=10.1007/s00405-011-1790-9 |url=}}</ref>
*[[Malnutrition]]  
*[[Matikus rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Matikus rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Maxillary sinus carcinoma]]
*[[Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma|Maxillary sinus carcinoma]]  
*[[Maxillofacial injury]]
*[[Maxillofacial trauma|Maxillofacial injury]]
*[[May-Hegglin anomaly]]
*[[May Hegglin anomaly]]
*[[Menopause]]
*[[Medications]]
*[[Melanoma]]
*[[Menopause]]  
*[[Metaldehyde]]
*[[Metaldehyde]]
*[[Barotrauma pathophysiology|Middle ear barotrauma]]
*[[Mouser rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Mouser rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis]]
*[[Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis]]
*[[Mucormycosis]]
*[[Mucormycosis]]
*[[Irritation|Mucosal irritation of the nasal mucosa ]]
*[[Myelodysplastic syndromes]]
*[[Myelodysplastic syndromes]]
*[[Myeloproliferative diseases]]
*[[Myeloproliferative diseases]]
*[[Narcotics]]
*[[Narcotics]]
*[[Nasal cancer]]
*[[Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma|Nasal cancer]]
*[[Nasal cannula]]
*[[Nasal cannula]]
*[[Nasal congestion]]
*[[staphylococcus aureus|Nasal colonization with staphylococcus aureus]]
*[[Nasal excoriation]]
*[[Nasal congestion]]  
*[[Nasal foreign body]]
*[[Diphtheria|Nasal diphtheria]]
*[[Excoriation|Nasal excoriation]]
*[[Foreign body|Nasal foreign body]]
*[[Nasal fracture]]
*[[Nasal fracture]]
*[[Nasal infection]]
*[[Infection|Nasal infection]]
*[[Nasal obstruction]]<ref name="pmid9846466">{{cite journal |author=Baum ED, Boudousquie AC, Li S, Mirza N |title=Sarcoidosis with nasal obstruction and septal perforation |journal=Ear Nose Throat J |volume=77 |issue=11 |pages=896–8, 900–2 |year=1998 |month=November |pmid=9846466 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid23250538">{{cite journal |author=Bobrov VM |title=[Classification and clinical observation of rhinoliths in the adult patients] |language=Russian |journal=Vestn. Otorinolaringol. |volume= |issue=5 |pages=88–90 |year=2012 |pmid=23250538 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*[[Nasal Congestion|Nasal obstruction]]
*[[Nasal polyps]]<ref name="pmid23250538">{{cite journal |author=Bobrov VM |title=[Classification and clinical observation of rhinoliths in the adult patients] |language=Russian |journal=Vestn. Otorinolaringol. |volume= |issue=5 |pages=88–90 |year=2012 |pmid=23250538 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*[[Nasal polyp]]
*[[Nasal septum deviation]]
*[[Deviated septum|Nasal septum deviation]]
*[[Nasal trauma]]<ref name="pmid12481392">{{cite journal |author=Vignes S, Chaillet M, Cabane J, Piette JC |title=[Nasal septal perforation and systemic disease] |language=French |journal=Rev Med Interne |volume=23 |issue=11 |pages=919–26 |year=2002 |month=November |pmid=12481392 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid23397871">{{cite journal |author=Gunn DJ, O'Hagan S |title=Unilateral optic neuropathy from possible sphenoidal sinus barotrauma after recreational scuba diving: a case report |journal=Undersea Hyperb Med |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=81–6 |year=2013 |pmid=23397871 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*[[Nasal sprays]]
*[[Nasal tumor]]<ref name="pmid23405730">{{cite journal |author=Bracci M, Mariotti L, Staffolani S, ''et al.'' |title=[Sinonasal carcinoma and exposure to wood and leather dust: analysis of 36 cases] |language=Italian |journal=G Ital Med Lav Ergon |volume=34 |issue=3 Suppl |pages=612–4 |year=2012 |pmid=23405730 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*[[Corticosteroid|Nasal steroids]]
*[[Nasal ulceration]]
*[[Surgery|Nasal surgery]]
*[[Nasal-type extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma]]
*[[Physical trauma|Nasal trauma]]
*[[Nasogastric tube placement]]
*[[Tuberculosis|Nasal tuberculosis]]
*[[Extranodal NK-T-cell lymphoma|Nasal type natural killer/t-cell lymphoma]]
*[[Ulcer|Nasal ulceration]]
*[[Nasogastric intubation|Nasogastric tube placement]]
*[[Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma]]
*[[Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma]]
*[[Nasopharyngeal carcinoma]]
*[[Nasopharyngeal carcinoma|Nasopharyngeal cancers]]  
*[[Nasotracheal intubation]]
*[[Tracheal intubation|Nasotracheal intubation]]
*[[Nose picking]]
*[[Neoplasm]]
*[[Rhinitis|Non-allergic rhinitis]]
*[[Nose-picking]]
*[[Omsk hemorrhagic fever]]
*[[Omsk hemorrhagic fever]]
*[[Orbital decompression]]
*[[Eye surgery |Orbital decompression]]
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*[[Osler-Weber-Rendu Disease|Osler-weber-rendu disease]]
*[[Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome]]<ref name="pmid23404156">{{cite journal |author=Silva BM, Hosman AE, Devlin HL, Shovlin CL |title=Lifestyle and Dietary Influences on Nosebleed Severity in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia |journal=Laryngoscope |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2013 |month=February |pmid=23404156 |doi=10.1002/lary.23893 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid23276024">{{cite journal |author=Jarzabek M, Trojanowski P, Szajner M, Pyra K, Sojka M, Szczerbo-Trojanowska M |title=[Epistaxis in Rendu-Osler-Weber disease treated with selective embolization--case report] |language=Polish |journal=Prz. Lek. |volume=69 |issue=7 |pages=317–9 |year=2012 |pmid=23276024 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*[[Factor V|Owren parahemophilia]]
*[[Owren parahemophilia]]
*[[Palbociclib]]
*[[Pancytopenia]]
*[[Pancytopenia]]
*[[Pennyroyal oil (herbal agent)]]
*[[Pennyroyal|Pennyroyal oil]]
*[[Pertussis]]
*[[Blood type|People with blood group O]]
*[[Phosphorous]]
*[[Pertussis]]  
*[[Pindborg tumor]]
*[[PFIC]]
*[[Phosphorous acid|Phosphorous]]
*[[Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor|Pindborg tumor]]
*[[Pindone rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Pindone rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Platelet function disorders]]
*[[Giant platelet disorder|Platelet disorders]]
*[[Polychondritis]]
*[[Polychondritis]]
*[[Polycythemia vera]]
*[[Polycythemia vera]]  
*[[Posttraumatic pseudoaneurysm of internal carotid artery]]
*[[Pseudoaneurysm|Post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm]]
*[[Pseudoaneurysm|Posttraumatic pseudoaneurysm of internal carotid artery]]
*[[Prasugrel]]
*[[Pregnancy]]
*[[Primary hypertension]]
*[[Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis]]
*[[Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis]]
*[[Prothrombin deficiency]]
*[[Prothrombin deficiency]]
*[[Purpura]]
*[[Pyogenic granuloma]]
*[[Pyogenic granuloma]]
*[[Ratak Plus rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Ramucirumab]]
*[[Relapsing fever]]
*[[Rapid weight loss]]
*[[Ratak Plus rodenticide poisoning|Ratak plus rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Relapsing fever]]  
*[[Renal artery stenosis]]
*[[Renal artery stenosis]]
*[[Respiratory tract infection]]<ref name="pmid21153894">{{cite journal |author=Singhi SC, Mathew JL, Jindal A |title=Clinical pearls in respiratory diseases |journal=Indian J Pediatr |volume=78 |issue=5 |pages=603–8 |year=2011 |month=May |pmid=21153894 |doi=10.1007/s12098-010-0270-3 |url=}}</ref>
*[[Renal dialysis]]
*[[Rhabdomyosarcoma]]<ref name="pmid23021978">{{cite journal |author=El Sanharawi A, Coulibaly B, Bessede JP, Aubry K |title=Paranasal sinus rhabdomyosarcoma: A rare tumor of poor prognosis |journal=Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis |volume=130 |issue=1 |pages=26–9 |year=2013 |month=February |pmid=23021978|doi=10.1016/j.anorl.2012.07.002 |url=}}</ref>
*[[Renal disease]]
*[[Rheumatic fever]]
*[[Respiratory tract infection]]
*[[Rhinocerebral mucormycosis]]
*[[Rhabdomyosarcoma]]
*[[Rhinocerebral zygomycosis]]
*[[Rheumatic fever]]  
*[[Rhinoplasty]]
*[[Rhinitis]]
*[[Zygomycosis|Rhinocerebral mucormycosis]]
*[[Zygomycosis|Rhinocerebral zygomycosis]]
*[[Rhinoplasty]]  
*[[Rhinoscleroma]]
*[[Rhinoscleroma]]
*[[Rhinosporidiosis]]
*[[Rhinosporidiosis]]
*[[Riociguat]]
*[[Rodend rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Rodend rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Rodenticides]]
*[[Rodenticides]]
*[[Sarcoidosis]]<ref name="pmid9846466">{{cite journal |author=Baum ED, Boudousquie AC, Li S, Mirza N |title=Sarcoidosis with nasal obstruction and septal perforation |journal=Ear Nose Throat J |volume=77 |issue=11 |pages=896–8, 900–2 |year=1998 |month=November |pmid=9846466 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid12481392">{{cite journal |author=Vignes S, Chaillet M, Cabane J, Piette JC |title=[Nasal septal perforation and systemic disease] |language=French |journal=Rev Med Interne |volume=23 |issue=11 |pages=919–26 |year=2002 |month=November |pmid=12481392 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*[[Sarcoidosis]]
*[[Sclerotic vessels]]
*[[Scleroma]]
*[[Secondary biliary cirrhosis]]
*Sclerotic vessels
*[[Secondary hypertension]]
*[[Pregnancy|Second trimester pregnancy]]  
*[[Septal deviation]]
*[[Septal deviation]]
*[[Septal granulomas]]
*[[Pyogenic granuloma|Septal granulomas]]  
*[[Septal perforation]]
*[[Nasal septum perforation|Septal perforation]]
*[[Septoplasty]]<ref name="pmid23139676">{{cite journal |author=Rao GN, Rout K, Pal A |title=Central retinal artery occlusion and third cranial nerve palsy following nasal septoplasty |journal=Case Report Ophthalmol |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=321–6 |year=2012 |month=September |pmid=23139676 |pmc=3493008 |doi=10.1159/000343700 |url=}}</ref>
*[[Septoplasty|Septal surgery]]  
*[[Septoplasty]]
*[[Sickle cell anemia]]
*[[Sickle cell anemia]]
*[[Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma]]
*[[Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma]]
*[[Sinus tumor]]<ref name="pmid23021978">{{cite journal |author=El Sanharawi A, Coulibaly B, Bessede JP, Aubry K |title=Paranasal sinus rhabdomyosarcoma: A rare tumor of poor prognosis |journal=Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis |volume=130 |issue=1 |pages=26–9 |year=2013 |month=February |pmid=23021978 |doi=10.1016/j.anorl.2012.07.002 |url=}}</ref>
*[[Sinus surgery]]
*[[Sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma|Sinus tumor]]
*[[Sinusitis]]
*[[Sinusitis]]
*[[Skull fracture]]
*[[Skull fracture]]
*[[Skin and soft-tissue infections |Soft tissue infection]]
*[[Solvent abuse]]
*[[Solvent abuse]]
*[[Sphenoidal fracture]]
*[[Basilar skull fracture|Sphenoidal fracture]]
*[[Squamous cell carcinoma]]
*[[Stachybotrys chartarum]]
*[[Stachybotrys chartarum]]
*[[Stuart factor deficiency]]
*[[Furuncles|Staphylococcal furuncles]]
*[[Streptococcus pyogenes|Streptococcus pyogenes infection]]
*[[Factor X|Stuart factor deficiency]]  
*[[Sulphuric acid]]
*[[Sulphuric acid]]
*[[Superior vena cava syndrome]]
*[[Superior vena cava syndrome]]
*[[Systemic lupus erythematosus]]<ref name="pmid12481392">{{cite journal |author=Vignes S, Chaillet M, Cabane J, Piette JC |title=[Nasal septal perforation and systemic disease] |language=French |journal=Rev Med Interne |volume=23 |issue=11 |pages=919–26 |year=2002 |month=November |pmid=12481392 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*[[Systemic infection|Systemic infection with nasal congestion]]  
*[[Systemic lupus erythematosus]]
*[[Talon rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Talon rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Telfast]]
*[[Tetrachloroethylene]]
*[[Tetrachloroethylene]]
*[[Tetryl]]
*[[Tetryl]]  
*[[Thrombasthenia]]
*[[Thrombasthenia]]
*[[Thrombocyopenic purpura]]
*[[Thrombocytopenic purpura]]
*[[Thrombocytopathy]]
*[[Thrombocytopathy]]
*[[Thrombocytopenia]]<ref name="pmid23153630">{{cite journal |author=Alessandrini M, Micarelli A, Mugnaini F, De Padova A, Pavone I, Bruno E |title=Unusual case of oral chronic lymphocytic leukemia presenting as recurrent epistaxis and asymptomatic intraoral swelling |journal=Rev Stomatol Chir Maxillofac |volume=113 |issue=6 |pages=455–7 |year=2012 |month=December |pmid=23153630 |doi=10.1016/j.stomax.2012.10.001 |url=}}</ref>
*[[Thrombocytopenia]]
*Trauma to [[Little's area]]<ref name="pmid22711391">{{cite journal |author=Verma RK, Bakshi J, Panda NK |title=Ectopic intranasal tooth: an unusual cause of epistaxis in a child |journal=Ear Nose Throat J |volume=91 |issue=6 |pages=242–4 |year=2012 |month=June |pmid=22711391 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*[[Tiagabine]]
*[[Tobacco]]
*[[Tobacco smoking]]
*[[Trauma to Little's area]]
*[[Trauma]]
*[[Kiesselbach's plexus|Trauma to Little's area]]
*[[Corticosteroid|Nasal corticosteroids]]
*[[Tuberculosis]]
*[[Tuberculosis]]
*[[Turbinectomy]]
*[[Typhoid fever]]
*[[Typhoid fever]]
*[[Unilateral choanal atresia]]
*[[Choanal atresia|Unilateral choanal atresia]]
*[[Upper respiratory infection]]
*[[Upper respiratory infection]]
*[[Valproic acid]]
*[[valproic acid]]
*[[Vanadium]]
*[[Vanadium]]
*[[Vascular disorders]]
*[[Vascular disorders]]  
*[[Vascular malformation]]
*[[Vascular malformation]]
*[[Viral rhinitis]]
*[[Rhinitis|Viral rhinitis]]
*[[Vitamin C deficiency]]
*[[Acute viral nasopharyngitis (common cold)|Viral  upper respiratory infections]]
*[[Vitamin K deficiency]]
*[[Vitamin C|Vitamin C deficiency]]
*[[Vitamin K|Vitamin K deficiency]]
*[[Volak rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Volak rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Volatile inhalants of abuse]]
*[[Inhalant|Volatile inhalants]]
*[[Volid rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Volid rodenticide poisoning]]
*[[Von Gierke disease]]
*[[Von Gierke Disease]]
*[[Von Willebrand disease]]<ref name="pmid22221847">{{cite journal |author=Schneppenheim R |title=The pathophysiology of von Willebrand disease: therapeutic implications |journal=Thromb. Res. |volume=128 Suppl 1 |issue= |pages=S3–7 |year=2011 |pmid=22221847 |doi=10.1016/S0049-3848(12)70002-6 |url=}}</ref>
*[[Von Willebrand disease]]  
*[[Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia]]
*[[Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia]]
*[[Warfarin]]
*[[Warfarin]]
*[[Wegener's granulomatosis]]<ref name="pmid23416832">{{cite journal |author=Islam MA, Azad AK, Islam MS, Shazzad MN, Haq SA |title=Wegener's Granulomatosis - A Case Report |journal=Mymensingh Med J |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=196–199 |year=2013 |month=January |pmid=23416832 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid12481392">{{cite journal |author=Vignes S, Chaillet M, Cabane J, Piette JC |title=[Nasal septal perforation and systemic disease] |language=French |journal=Rev Med Interne |volume=23 |issue=11 |pages=919–26 |year=2002 |month=November |pmid=12481392 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*[[Wegener's granulomatosis]]  
*[[Weil's syndrome]]
*[[Weil syndrome]]
*[[Whooping cough]]
*[[Whooping cough]]
*[[X-linked dyserythropoietic anemia and thrombocytopenia]]
*[[Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia|X-linked dyserythropoietic anemia and thrombocytopenia]]
*[[Zygomycosis]]
*[[Zygomycosis]]
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Overview

The causes of epistaxis can be divided into idiopathic and non-idiopathic ones. There are many diseases and medications that can cause epistaxis but it also may be spontaneous. Usually epistaxis is not dangerous but in some cases it can become life threatening. Trauma is the most common cause of epistaxis.

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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

Causes in Alphabetical Order

References

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