The following symptoms and complaints may indicate epistaxis (nosebleed):
Pathognomonic (indicative of a disease).
- Bleeding from the nose
Warning signs (red flags)
- Recurrent nosebleeds + petechiae (minute skin/mucosal bleeding; flea-like), often first on hocks, lower legs → think of: Werlhof’s disease
- Unilateral bloody discharge + middle and old age → think of: Carcinoma of the nose, nasopharynx (nasopharynx) or paranasal sinuses.
