Resumen

ALCALA VILLALON, Tamara; MONTERO TORRES, Francisco; CASTELLANOS BATISTA, Adria  y  MARIN GONZALEZ, Elsa Cecilia. Severe nose bleed in a 37 weeks pregnant woman. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2009, vol.8, n.3. ISSN 1729-519X.

Epistaxis o nasal bleeding is a frequent episode in any  stage of life and its solution may be spontaneous even though at times it may be of greater severity and turns out to be a risk for the patient´s life.  There are numerous causes that provoke such bleedings, among them: pregnancy, caused by important phisiological changes in the nasal mucouse, leading to congestion and epistaxis. A case of a 25-year-old patient is presented. The patient is a 37-week pregnant with severe nasal bleeding. No other ethiology is associated. An anterior posterior air blocking was performed without positive results. Therefore, platelet treatment was administered controlling the bleeding and allowed the patient to have a physiological labour. After 8 months, CBC was ordered. The patient did not have any hemotologic dysfunction. The present case study underlines focusing epistaxis during pregnancy though considered physiologically normal.

Palabras clave : Epistaxis; pregnancy..

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