DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF EPISTAXIS

Differential diagnosis of epistaxis are : 
-pertussis
-rheumatic fever
-typhoid fever ( anterior nasal bleed or posterior nasal bleed)
-bleeding diasthesis
-hypertension 
-malaria
-scurvy
-snake bite - viper 
-leukemia
-Weil's disease
-Hyperviscosity Syndrome 
-scurvy 
-lepromatous leprosy
-polycythemia vera
-sinusitis of ethmoidal sinuses
-tumor of pharyngeal sinuses
-tumor of the nose
-aplastic anemia
-chronic renal failure 
-acute renal failure 
-drugs - indomethacin, aspirins, anticoagulants,