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Unusual Cause of Persistent Epistaxis with Severe Anemia in a Child
Epistaxis in children can be caused by different systemic and local pathologies. Respiratory infections, nasal mucosa dryness, and foreign bodies are some local causes of bleeding from the nose. In developing countries, infestations still contribute a significant proportion of anemia in children. Bu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9377940/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35978608 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/8557755 |
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author | Zemene, Yilkal Hailu, Tadele Wiedermann, Josh |
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description | Epistaxis in children can be caused by different systemic and local pathologies. Respiratory infections, nasal mucosa dryness, and foreign bodies are some local causes of bleeding from the nose. In developing countries, infestations still contribute a significant proportion of anemia in children. But it is very unusual for leech-causing persistent epistaxis with a consequence of severe anemia. We herein report a rare cause of severe anemia in a 5-year-old child presented to our clinic for persistent epistaxis. A leech was taken out with forceps, and his anemia was treated accordingly. |
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spelling | pubmed-93779402022-08-16 Unusual Cause of Persistent Epistaxis with Severe Anemia in a Child Zemene, Yilkal Hailu, Tadele Wiedermann, Josh Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report Epistaxis in children can be caused by different systemic and local pathologies. Respiratory infections, nasal mucosa dryness, and foreign bodies are some local causes of bleeding from the nose. In developing countries, infestations still contribute a significant proportion of anemia in children. But it is very unusual for leech-causing persistent epistaxis with a consequence of severe anemia. We herein report a rare cause of severe anemia in a 5-year-old child presented to our clinic for persistent epistaxis. A leech was taken out with forceps, and his anemia was treated accordingly. Hindawi 2022-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9377940/ /pubmed/35978608 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/8557755 Text en Copyright © 2022 Yilkal Zemene et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Zemene, Yilkal Hailu, Tadele Wiedermann, Josh Unusual Cause of Persistent Epistaxis with Severe Anemia in a Child |
title | Unusual Cause of Persistent Epistaxis with Severe Anemia in a Child |
title_full | Unusual Cause of Persistent Epistaxis with Severe Anemia in a Child |
title_fullStr | Unusual Cause of Persistent Epistaxis with Severe Anemia in a Child |
title_full_unstemmed | Unusual Cause of Persistent Epistaxis with Severe Anemia in a Child |
title_short | Unusual Cause of Persistent Epistaxis with Severe Anemia in a Child |
title_sort | unusual cause of persistent epistaxis with severe anemia in a child |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9377940/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35978608 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/8557755 |
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