ABSTRACT
Noise has ill effects tagged to its definition; yet, even though pollution of the air, water and land in metropolitan India has attracted some recognition, little attention has been paid to noise pollution and its effects. Noise acts upon the body very much as other stresses do and so its effects are far reaching affecting not just hearing but other body functions too. This article tries to generate some interest and controversies on the subject to initiate more action on noise pollution.
Subject(s)
Female , Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced/epidemiology , Humans , Incidence , India , Male , Noise, Occupational/adverse effects , Occupational Diseases/epidemiology , Occupational Health , Research , Risk AssessmentABSTRACT
The present study comprises 300 cases of epistaxis. The analysis of these cases revealed a higher incidence in young males. Unilateral bleeding was seen in almost 60% each of indoor and outdoor cases. Litte's area was the most common site responsible for epistaxis in 28.8% of the indoor and 26.2% of the outdoor patients. Hypertension was the most common systemic cause among indoor patients (62.2%) and sickle cell disorder among the outdoor patients (37.5%). Atrophic rhinitis with myiasis was the local cause of epistaxis in maximum (27%) of the indoor patients and traumatic epistaxis was the commonest cause (33%) among outdoor patients-fingernail trauma in 75.9% of them. Idiopathic epistaxis contributed for 16.5% indoor and 26.1% of outdoor cases. Intractable epistaxis was seen in one case following accidental facial trauma.