A 12-year-old boy was presented to the emergency department with a history of recurrent epistaxis for the last two months. The boy was presented for his 4 th episode of epistaxis.
History of other episodes of epistaxis 1st episode: 2 months ago (Treatment: Local pressure and a hemostatic drug) 2nd episode : 2 weeks after the 1st episode (Treatment: Local pressure and a hemostatic drug) 3rd episode (Heavier): 1 week after the 2nd episode (Treatment: An anterior nasal pack and silver nitrate cauterization of the wound) On the present day, the nose bleeding occurred from the same site, so nasal packing was initiated. Following events were absent during all episodes Apparent physical trauma to the nose Symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection or allergic rhinitis Bleeding from any other region of the body The patient did not have any significant medical history or history of intake of…
