Nasal bleeding Symptom of a blood coagulation disorder

Nasal bleeding: Possible symptom of a blood coagulation disorder.

(30.08.2010) Frequent nosebleeds may indicate a blood coagulation disorder, according to the professional association Deutscher Internisten in Wiesbaden

Occasionally, many people suffer from nasal bleeding up to frequently, and a regular, difficult-to-stop nosebleed may also be a sign of blood clotting disorder. Anyone who also gets bruises after minor bumps or blows should definitely go to the doctor and get tested. The so-called „Von-Von Willebrand disease“ could be the cause of such hypersensitivity, explains Wolfgang Wesiack of the professional association of German internists. If necessary, treatment with medication is required.

Since coagulation disorders are hereditary, the specialist recommends that parents, siblings and children of patients also be examined for the syndrome, because the syndrome can bring serious or life-threatening bleeding after serious injury or surgery. If a condition is detected, it can be life-saving in an emergency, to note this in the accident assistance passport or on a neck or bracelet, so the advice of Wesiack on. Frequent unfounded nosebleeds should never be taken lightly as an indicator of blood clotting disorders.

Constant nosebleeds, however, can have many more causes. Thus, physical or chemical damage to the nasal mucosa and iatrogenic or inflammatory perforation of the nasal septum in question. (Fp)