I have heavy congestion in my chest for a long time due to smoking
2006-06-25 06:07:04 · 12 answers · asked by earlyout 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
You can cough up blood for a variety of reasons. First and foremost as a smoker the lining in your trachea becomes very irritated, and as the cilia or Lining wears away you may experience bloody sputum "spit." really it could be anything from cancer, to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, COPD, (similar to Emphysema) or CHF Congestive Heart failure, which basically is the build up of fluid in your lungs due to your hearts inability to remove it because of injury.
2006-06-25 06:19:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What Causes Coughing Up Blood
2016-12-14 03:05:33 · answer #2 · answered by giallombardo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reasons For Coughing Up Blood
2016-10-07 07:48:28 · answer #3 · answered by mataya 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how much blood. It could be a sign of something bad going on in your lungs. You may want to visit your doctor for chest xrays. If it is very little blood just a trace of it...then it most likely an irritated chest from the constant coughing. I quit smoking 8/8/05 cold turkey. I smoked a pack a day for 20 years. The cravings are mostly gone by the 3rd or 4th day. You can do it! If I can you certainly can! It really is not that hard...the first 48 hrs are the worst then it gets better and better every day. I crave a cig about once a month now and that craving is in my head one second and out the next. It is hard to make it through that first 48 hrs but you can do it. Believe me you will be able to sleep better at night with no crackling noises in your breathing!!
2006-06-25 06:16:13 · answer #4 · answered by maniaajo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the doctor. My grandma did this after quitting smoking for about 5 years and it was cancer. She died about 11 weeks after the diagnosis. Tuberculosis can also cause coughing up blood. It could be something as dumb as a bloody nose...dripping into your throat at night and you coughing that up a few days later. But I would not take a chance. Go see a doctor and get a referral to a pulmonolgist just to be sure.
2006-06-25 06:12:03 · answer #5 · answered by mandolinatou 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When capillaries (the tiniest blood vessels in the human body) get ruptured in your lungs and trachea, you cough up blood. And cigarette smoke is loaded with irritants.
See a doctor, and get rid of the cigarettes: You know the things are hurting you, and the price of them has gone through the roof.
Good luck!
2006-06-25 06:47:58 · answer #6 · answered by Tigger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coughing up blood is called hemoptysis.
It can be due to tuberculosis, chronic respiratory diseases, bronchitis, bronchiectasis, and bronchogenic carcinoma, pnemonia (long drawn),pulmonary infarction or embolism, various heart problems, vascular disorders, pulmonary AVM , trauma.
You chould go to the emergency room immediately.
2006-06-25 06:16:40 · answer #7 · answered by katbg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THere is a possibility that you may have emphysema. I was just diagnosed in Nov 05 lots of phylem, coughin a lot in the mornings... you need to not smoke anymore. dont over use your meds that they give you... you dont want to be depended on them use deep breathing techniques to clear lungs... keep active... dont let it get you down...
2006-06-25 07:40:20 · answer #8 · answered by CSIGrandma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well
smoking causes
chronic bronchitis-the major cause of haemoptysis in the world- and the major cause of this is smoking.,that's what u have for sure....
or of course TB if you smoke anything that could be used with another ppl.
pneumonia also but not in history with smoking...
2006-06-25 09:21:27 · answer #9 · answered by voodoo_mojoo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to see a doctor as soon as possible. i have c. o. p. d myself so i know first hand you have a problem that needs to be addressed asap dont wait . there may be help for you if you take care of the problem now.
2006-06-25 11:22:06 · answer #10 · answered by besttata 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋