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Knowledge about the prevalence and attitude of patients experiencing epistaxis in Saudi Arabia

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Background: Despite the modern society, nasal bleeding has been increased these days in Saudi Arabia people these days due to multiple factors. People knowledge about this important situation is not quit enough. Attitude toward nasal bleeding is different from one person to another which may reflect the outcomes of nasal bleeding
Objectives: Nasal bleeding (epistaxis) is causing trouble to the patients in a multiple aspect. This study aimed at assessing the prevalence of nasal bleeding (epistaxis) in Saudi Arabia and to know the participants attitude towards it.
Methods: A cross-sectional study on the prevalence of nasal bleeding (epistaxis) and the attitude towards it was randomly investigated among men and women (392 participants) within different social media platforms in Saudi Arabia during the period from January to March 2018.
Results: in 27% of the participants have been suffering from nasal bleeding, only 17.4% seek medical help, 16.3% tried traditional medicine to stop the nasal bleeding, 5.6% are using anticoagulants, 49% had a positive family history of nasal bleeding and 9.4% had a chronic illness.
Conclusion: Our result showed that huge number of the participants was suffering from nasal bleeding (epistaxis) in Saudi Arabia.

DOI

10.21608/ejhm.2018.16942

Keywords

Nasal bleeding, epistaxis, Hypertension

Authors

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Faisal Fahad

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Aljuaid

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College of Medicine Prince Sattam bin abdulaziz University

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fasal_999@hotmail.com

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Adnan Meteb Mohamed

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Almezani

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College of Medicine University of Hail

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Nouf Majed Abdulaziz

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Alghris

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College of Medicine University of Hail

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Abrar Fahad

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Alotaibi

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College of Medicine Taif Unevirsity

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73

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6

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3486

Issue Date

2018-10-01

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2018-10-19

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2018-10-01

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6,905

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6,909

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1687-2002

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2090-7125

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EJHM_Volume 73_Issue 6_Pages 6905-6909.pdf

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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https://ejhm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Knowledge about the prevalence and attitude of patients experiencing epistaxis in Saudi Arabia

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22 Jan 2023