Epistaxis - red flag symptoms
Dr Suneeta Kochhar provides an overview of red flag symptoms to look for in a patient with epistaxis. (Source: GP Online Education)
Source: GP Online Education - July 30, 2014 Category: Primary Care Tags: 15.4 ENT and Facial Problems Source Type: news
Thalidomide for Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia EpistaxisThalidomide for Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Epistaxis
Partial or complete response is achieved with low-dose thalidomide when other therapies have failed; however, relapses are common. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 17, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Adopted from Ethiopia, his African siblings travel to Boston to save his life
By Irene Sege
One morning in 2006, Aidan Barry showed his wife, Midori Kobayashi, a newspaper story on the plight of the lost boys of Sudan and children affected by the diamond war in Sierra Leone. Little did the Stratham, N.H., couple know that this moment at their breakfast table would lead them to adopt a 6-year-old boy from Ethiopia whose desperately poor parents could not support all their children. Neither could they predict that, seven years later, their adopted son would develop a life-threatening blood disorder connecting his adopted family and birth family for a stem cell transplant to offer him the best chance o...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - May 22, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Guest Blogger Tags: All posts Aplastic anemia Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center our patients' stories Stem cell Stem Cell Transplant Program Source Type: news
Nosebleed
Title: NosebleedCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 11/29/1998 8:14:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 3/12/2014 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Allergies General)
Source: MedicineNet Allergies General - March 12, 2014 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: news
Health Tip: When Your Child Gets a Nosebleed
Title: Health Tip: When Your Child Gets a NosebleedCategory: Health NewsCreated: 1/31/2014 7:35:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/31/2014 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General - January 31, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Dr Rosemary answers your questions on weak nails and nosebleeds
EACH week family GP Dr Rosemary Leonard answers your health queries – today she explains why nails can become weak and brittle, and what could be causing children to suffer nosebleeds… (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 21, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Evaluation Should Be Considered for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding?
Discussion
Heavy menstrual bleeding is a common problem. The rates depend on the population and underlying cause, but can occur 30% of adolescent females who go to a gynecologist. Average menstrual blood loss is 30-40 ml. Hypermenorrhea or menorrhagia are regular menstrual cycles that last too long (>7 days) or are too heavy (> 80 ml blood loss). Metrorrhagia is irregular menstrual bleeding. Menometrorrhagia is abnormally heavy bleeding that occurs with an irregular timing. Dysfunctional uterine bleeding is a more generic term describing prolonged, excessive or frequent, unpatterned uterine bleeding that is not relat...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - January 20, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
EPA accuses oil firm of endangering health of nearby residents
Allenco Energy Inc. is cited for violations. The probe was launched when residents of the South L.A. neighborhood complained about respiratory ailments and nosebleeds.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency formally accused a South Los Angeles oil operation of putting the health and safety of nearby residents at risk by failing to maintain safe operations or take steps to prevent accidental releases of hazardous substances. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - January 16, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Air quality officials say South L.A. oil field modifying operations
Allenco Energy Co., which voluntarily suspended operations Nov. 22, plans to inspect and repair tanks, air quality officials say.Air quality regulators say that an urban oil field blamed for chronic respiratory illnesses and nosebleeds in a South Los Angeles neighborhood is modifying its operations to prevent leaks and upgrade air pollution controls. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - December 16, 2013 Category: Science Source Type: news
Sudan: Unknown Disease Kills at Least Three in South Darfur
[Radio Dabanga]Katayla -A number of people have died of a hitherto unknown disease in Katayla locality, South Darfur. Its symptoms are high fever, vomiting, abdominal and back pain, nosebleeds and the yellowing of the eyes. The disease appears to have an incubation period of three to six days. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 15, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Study examines various treatments for nose bleeds
The way doctors treat nose bleeds (epistaxis), a condition that will affect about 60 percent of the population during their lifetime, varies greatly among patients seeking medical attention with no difference in outcomes, according to a study by Jennifer A. Villwock, M.D., and Kristin Jones, M.D., of the State University of New York-Upstate Medical University, Syracuse. About 70 percent of nose bleeds occur spontaneously for reasons that range from unknown causes to cancerous lesions... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ear, Nose and Throat Source Type: news
Nosebleeds Common But Seldom Serious, Study Finds
Most patients hospitalized for heavy bleeds need only minor treatment (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - October 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nosebleeds Common But Seldom Serious, Study Finds
Most patients hospitalized for heavy bleeds need only minor treatment
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Bleeding, Nose Injuries and Disorders (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - October 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chemical odor, kids' nosebleeds, few answers in South L.A. neighborhood
An oil pumping operation in South L.A., newly ramped up after years of dormancy, has neighbors worried despite officials' assurances.Monic Uriarte says she began having headaches and bouts of dizziness three years ago, about the time she and her neighbors began smelling a chemical odor on the streets and in their homes. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - September 21, 2013 Category: Science Source Type: news
Genomic sequencing leads to discovery of origin of hereditary east Texas bleeding disorder
A severe hereditary bleeding disorder was described in a large family from east Texas in 2001. The affected family members routinely had bruising, nosebleeds, massive blood loss following injury or surgery, and often required blood transfusions. Routine tests for functional components of the blood coagulation pathway did not reveal any obvious defects. Genomic sequencing revealed a mutation in the gene encoding coagulation factor 5 (FV), but it was not considered to contribute to disease, since clotting assays were normal... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Blood / Hematology Source Type: news
