Indicate which of the following are symptoms that you might expect from an epistaxis
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- Lightheadedness/ Fainting
- extensive blood loss could result in anaemia
- Cough
- due to irritation if blood trickles into the back of the throat
- Haemoptysis
- defined as blood from the respiratory tract (below the level of the larynx); bleeding from nasal cavity and/or nasopharynx do not count
- Pain
- epistaxis are generally painless
- Difficulty breathing
- one or both nostrils may be congested due to the bleeding, patients more often resort to mouth breathing
