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What Causes Bleeding Nose?
I had quadruple bypass surgery on 6/20/14. I m currently taking 81 mg of aspirin daily and 75 mg of plavix daily. I had one episode of nose bleed yesterday 8/3/14 and 2 episode today 8/4/14. Could the blood thinners be the cause of the nose bleed? My diastolic pressure tends to run high between 90 & 110.
Mon, 15 Sep 2014
hello,thanks for your query, i agree with you. patients on blood thinners, with slightest trauma can bleed(removing dried crusts from nose). check out pt/aptt/inr. kindly visit an ent surgeon for ent examination to know the status of nose.hope i have answered your query. all the best. take care.
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