7-day weighed food diaries suggest patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia may spontaneously modify their diet to avoid nosebleed precipitants
Date
2017-12Author
Finnamore, H
Silva, BM
Hickson, BM
Whelan, K
Shovlin, CL
Subject
7-day weighed food diary Anemia Epistaxis Fish oil Hemorrhage adjusted iron requirement (HAIR) Iron Anemia Diet Records Epistaxis Female Fish Oils Humans Male Surveys and Questionnaires Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic
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Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) poses substantial burdens due to nosebleeds and iron deficiency resulting from recurrent hemorrhagic iron losses. Recent studies by our group found surprising links between HHT nosebleeds and certain food groups. In this letter, we report 7-day weighed food diary assessments of an unselected group of 25 UK patients with HHT whose nosebleeds ranged from mild to severe (median epistaxis severity score 4.66, range 0.89- 9.11). The diaries provide evidence that food items most commonly reported to provoke nosebleeds were ingested by fewer HHT patients, compared to food items less commonly reported to provoke nosebleeds (chi-squared p <0.001).
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Publisher
BioMed Central
Place of Publication
England
Journal
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Volume
12
Issue
60
Pagination
60-
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Number
60
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