Vikram Vj's scientific contributions

... The most common age group involved was 6-10 years in 27 cases, 16 cases in 11-12 years, which is similar to other studies that most common age group of nasal bleed is between 6- 10 years. 6 The area from where the nasal bleed was from little's area in septum in consistent with study by Saurabh et al, Philip et al. 7-9 The most common cause for nasal bleed in our study was idiopathic in 16 cases, bleed due to digital picking in 13 cases, upper respiratory tract infection/ acute sinusitis in 11 cases in our study. In the study by Watkinson, the majority of children having spontaneous haemorrhage is of venous origin from little's area where number of arteries anastomose forming Kiesselbach's plexus under thin mucosa, with bleeding resulting from region, exposed to dry air or minor trauma. ...