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Cough, coughing up blood or blood in sputum

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Cough, coughing up blood or blood in sputum

Dr. Geoffreysss Rutledgeee reviewed this

41 years experience

How common it is:

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Upper respiratory infection
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COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
Condition
Hay fever
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Croup
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Bronchitis
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A 30-year old asked:

I have coughed up blood and sputum earlier and they subsided. What are the drugs i could start using?

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A 24-year old male asked:

He have cough with blood stained sputum. The cough began Yesetareday then today he got blood stained sputum, pain during cough on chast?

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A 21-year old male asked:

I've got cough for the past 4 days and it's really bad. When I wake up in the morning, I notice that I've blood in my sputum. Plus I regularly smoke.

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A 55-year old female asked:

Do you cough up blood tinged sputum if you have emphysema?

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A 23-year old female asked:

Could blood that's in vomit and in sputum when i cough and sneeze be from back of the nose. no blood comes out from nostrils though?

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A 35-year old male asked:

How can early tuberculosis be diagnosed?i m having dry cough since 1 month.m non smoker,alcoholic not on drugs.deep breath not pains.no blood sputum.

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A 44-year old male asked:

blood in sputum for four weeks,no cough ,no fever ,no chest pain,have been examined by my doctor said no problem.what do i do?

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A 27-year old male asked:

Hi, got wheezing sound at night nd early morning. Spirometer test normal No coughing, lots of sputum in throat.feels blood with sputum in throat.

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A 29-year old male asked:

CT scan report says nodular opacities and calcification in left upper lobe. no cough; blood in sputum; history of smoking 12 years (10 per day). ?

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A 18-year old male asked about a 52-year old male:

Severe coughing with blood aggravates at nights,weight loss,mild diabetic,spine n head ache,mild fever. Sin.3mnth,ESR 70,Xray negati,sputum negative?

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A 23-year old female asked:

Symptoms started 8 days ago. Sore throat, on/off. No fever. Coughing up yellow-green phlegm esp. in the mornings. Recently, blood in sputum. See doc?

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A 29-year old asked:

Doctor said I had chest infection n before that for weeks I had blood in sputum daily now I dun see blood anymore. Am I healing,? But still have sob

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A 44-year old male asked:

can tear in the capillaries arround the inner tongue cause blood in sputum?

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A 19-year old female asked:

Why there is blood with TB patients' sputum?

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A 49-year old female asked:

What color is lung sputum, and will u find particles of skin in t with blood?

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A 44-year old male asked:

blood in sputum.no cogh,no fever.no chest pa.n?

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A 38-year old asked:

Should I be worried if there is blood in my sputum?

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A 44-year old asked:

Is it normal to find blood in sputum which disappeared after a few days?

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A 25-year old male asked:

I feel I have phlegm in the throat for 3 months, sputum occasionally, mostly in the morning. I had a blood stained sputum today, what could it be?

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A 45-year old male asked:

Usually I noticed a small blood in my sputum from upper side. CT reports shows sinusitis. Please help. ?

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A 28-year old male asked:

Hi From few days having Black Sputum, Chest X-ray, Sputum test, & Blood count is normal,Is their is any other problem ? What to do solve this.

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A 44-year old male asked:

blood in sputum,have done head,neck test,done x-ray,my doctor said it may be result of tear of capillarie at base of the tongue.he prescribed mouth w?

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A 34-year old asked:

Blood in sputum. I thought it was tb or lung cancer, or some kind of respiratory disease, but then it disappeared after a few days. is this okay?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 29-year old female asked:

Should I have any tests done such as blood, sputum or stool, if they have found Thrush (candida) in my stomach (I think) during Gastroscopy?

2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in

A 38-year old female asked:

i have fatty liver w/ borderline enlargement from being obese. for the past week i wake in am with a little blood in sputnum. could this be cirrhosis?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 55-year old female asked:

Can sputum color change color after you cough it up? ie: go from pink to orange?

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A 44-year old asked:

Coughed some bloody sputum or phlegm? Having sinus problems too. Must be related?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 36-year old asked:

I have had a violent cough with clear, thick sputum and wheezing for five months. What's wrong with me?

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A 38-year old asked:

I stopped smoking two months ago and I still cough up sputum sometimes in the morning. Will it ever go away completely?

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A member asked:

I have had mucus in lungs and cough for the past 4-5 weeks. Cough and sputum has reduced much over this time but continues nevertheless. Any inputs?

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