4) Nosebleeds
Let us consider Marian’s example from Brazil. A particular day she was afraid. All of a sudden, she could feel her nose bleeding without restraint. “I wondered if I was going to die,” she remembers. Then a doctor informed her about the cause for her nosebleed: high blood pressure. “But I feel fine,” Marian replied. It was then when she discovered that many people do not know they have high blood pressure because they have no symptoms.
Epistaxis, (the medical term for nose bleeding) is a common complaint. Although it may cause significant concern; it is rarely life-threatening. Nosebleeds are common during childhood, but generally, they are benign, self-limiting, and spontaneous. Bleeding is caused, in most cases, by vascular fragility or nasal packing. If someone has recurrent or severe bleeding and no medical therapy has worked out, there are some surgical options available. But, What about nosebleed and high blood pressure?
We have to set this clear again. The occurrence of epistaxis is not a symptom of hypertension. In fact, the relationship between them is often misunderstood. Of course, patients with epistaxis show elevated blood pressure, and it is more common in hypertensive patients. The reason is simple: due to vascular fragility in the event of hypertensive crisis. However, it is not a direct symptom of high blood pressure, and you may have high blood pressure without a single episode of epistaxis.
