What are the causes and symptoms of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia?
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, an autosomal dominant inherited disorder, occurs in one in 50,000 people. Recurrent nosebleeds are a nearly universal symptom in this condition. Usually the nosebleeds begin in childhood and become worse with age. The skin changes begin at puberty, and the condition becomes progressively worse until about 40 years of age, when it stabilizes. Source: The Gale Group.
