Knowledge about the prevalence and attitude of patients experiencing epistaxis in Saudi Arabia | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||
| Article 17, Volume 73, Issue 6, October 2018, Pages 6905-6909 PDF (257.64 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2018.16942 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Faisal Fahad Aljuaid* 1; Adnan Meteb Mohamed Almezani2; Nouf Majed Abdulaziz Alghris2; Abrar Fahad Alotaibi3 | ||
| 1College of Medicine Prince Sattam bin abdulaziz University | ||
| 2College of Medicine University of Hail | ||
| 3College of Medicine Taif Unevirsity | ||
| Abstract | ||
| 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. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Nasal bleeding; epistaxis; Hypertension | ||
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