Anti-coagulants and nosebleeds
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Has anybody had any experience of this and have any advice?
My sister has to take anti-coagulants (not warfarin but a newer drug beginning with "A..") and she suffers really severe nosebleeds every couple of weeks or so. They're so bad that she and her husband can't stop the bleeding and he has to take her to A&E to have the blood vessels cauterised.
It's not life-threatening (depending on how much bleeding!) but it is stressful for both of them. (She's in her 70s and he's in his 80s).
Has anybody had to deal with this? Is there anything she should be asking her doctor? She does have an appointment next week to see a specialist coagulant nurse.
I suspect it's just something they'll both have to live with.
My sister has to take anti-coagulants (not warfarin but a newer drug beginning with "A..") and she suffers really severe nosebleeds every couple of weeks or so. They're so bad that she and her husband can't stop the bleeding and he has to take her to A&E to have the blood vessels cauterised.
It's not life-threatening (depending on how much bleeding!) but it is stressful for both of them. (She's in her 70s and he's in his 80s).
Has anybody had to deal with this? Is there anything she should be asking her doctor? She does have an appointment next week to see a specialist coagulant nurse.
I suspect it's just something they'll both have to live with.
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Speak to prescriber urgently. please go back to hospital0
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Agree with above
Report this to Dr. Not life threatening so far!!
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