Nosebleeds (Epistaxis)

The medical term for nosebleed is epistaxis. The origin of epistaxis is Greek, meaning a dropping.

Recurring nosebleeds impact many more people annually than the average person would imagine. Quantitative research shows that 30% of US households have one or more sufferers of recurring nosebleeds. Nosebleeds impact all age groups and both genders.

Recurring nosebleeds have multiple causes, resulting in a year round problem. Major related causes include:
- Allergy sufferers who dry up their nasal passages with Rx and/or OTC medications and start to experience nosebleeds
- People who live in very dry climates
- Households becoming very dry, particularly in the winter with the heat
- People taking blood thinner Rx medications (Coumadin and Plavix) and/or baby aspirin.
- Sufferers of chronic blood based diseases, such as hemophilia and Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)
- Oncology patients whose treatments can cause nosebleeds
- People suffering from hypertension
- Trauma based nosebleeds from sports and/or activities in cold or high altitudes
- Trauma based nosebleeds from excessive nose picking or excessive nose blowing
- People having anatomical issues with their nasal passages.

Over 90 % of nosebleeds are not life threatening. However they are embarrassing and very disruptive to one's life, causing the sufferer to hide in the bathroom while trying to stop the bleeding. Often sufferers are unable to stop the bleeding and end up in the ER.

The lack of an effective, easy to use self treatment for recurring nosebleeds has left both sufferers and physicians frustrated!