Dear Doctors: I am a 76-year-old woman not prone to nosebleeds. However, I recently started having heavy ones. Thrombin spray helped, but only for a week. A CT scan was normal. What can be done? A ...
Content warning: This post contains graphic descriptions of heavy bleeding. I still remember my first nosebleed like it was yesterday. It was a hot July day, and I was just 6 years old at summer camp.
Nosebleeds are among the most common injuries we experience, and they occur for a variety of reasons. They can be the result of allergies or sickness, because of nose picking, as a side effect of ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I’ve no history of nosebleeds, but over the past five weeks, I’ve had five. The first three times, the bleeding stopped after 30 minutes. The fourth time, it took an hour. Today, the ...
Q: I am a 76-year-old woman not prone to nosebleeds. However, I recently started having heavy ones. Thrombin spray helped, but only for a week. A CT scan was normal. What can be done? A friend with ...
Dear Doctors: I am a 76-year-old woman not prone to nosebleeds. However, I recently started having heavy ones. Thrombin spray helped, but only for a week. A CT scan was normal. What can be done? A ...