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What Causes Nose Bleeding?
Dear Doctors, I have a nosebleed from my left nostril. It s been two times now within this week. I often had nosebleed when I was young but it stopped a long time ago. Now i had my nosebleedagain. Could you kindly tell me what causes my nosebleeding. Is it something serious? Thank you so much.
Fri, 19 Dec 2014
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Nose bleed can due to..picking nose, particularly if you scratch the inside of your nose with a sharp fingernail,blowing nose very hard,high blood pressure in elderly,even common cold,sinus infection,exposing to dry weather,use of decongestent medications,...and more dangerous things like cancer of nose and sinuses....
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Nose bleed can due to..picking nose, particularly if you scratch the inside of your nose with a sharp fingernail,blowing nose very hard,high blood pressure in elderly,even common cold,sinus infection,exposing to dry weather,use of decongestent medications,...and more dangerous things like cancer of nose and sinuses....
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