The frequency of epistaxis in a male population sample.
In a population sample consisting of 507 males aged between 50 and 60 years and 120 thirty-year-old sons of these males the frequency of epistaxis and predisposing factors of epistaxis were studied. Only one-third of the subjects had never had epistaxis. One out of ten subjects had been treated for epistaxis by a doctor at least once in his life. About 3 per cent had had nose-bleeds during the previous week. Statistically it was shown that a history of upper respiratory infection and intake of acetylsalicylic acid separately might predispose to expistaxis.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001241:Aspirin / Q000009:adverse effects; D003139:Common Cold / Q000150:complications; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000150:complications; D013548:Sweden
D001241:Aspirin