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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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Autores principales: Zemene, Yilkal, Hailu, Tadele, Wiedermann, Josh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2022
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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
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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.
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title_short Unusual Cause of Persistent Epistaxis with Severe Anemia in a Child
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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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