this morning i smoked 4 cigarettes and got my usual "buzz" (i have a very low tobacco tolerance) where i was sort of dizzy and sluggish. but then i got really nauseated and threw up some, and i noticed what looked like thin little pieces of dark brownish/maroon tisse, complete with veins. the only thing i can think of is lung tissue - is it possible for someone to actually vomit up pieces of their lungs? i tried to look it up but i can't find anything.
2007-02-09 18:43:39 · 3 answers · asked by Nina G 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
that's hemoptysis - coughing out of blood and this blood came from inflammed lungs or airway and those could be part of your lungs or bronchi etc along the airway. but those are just tissues not necessarily pieces of your lungs. the tearing or wound in your lungs secondary to inflammation will heal up with medication and will scar (fibrosis) however if you keep on having hemoptysis then it means that if the tears causing you to cough out blood which will become fibrotic tissues in the future when they heal that part of your lung which is fibrous or scarred will no longer expand efficiently because it is hardened and will cause you respiration problems. if you say dark brownish it means it's not fresh blood because fresh blood would be bright red, that must have been a long time deal inside you but because you smoked tobacco and as you said you have low tolerance it trigerred you to cough out the blood that has long been there. you will need a chest X-ray or better yet a CT scan to see any fibrotic changes in your lung tissues and also a sputum exam to see what may be causing the inflammation in order for the doc to give you your appropriate treatment. it will really help to stop smoking. God bless
2007-02-09 18:58:50 · answer #1 · answered by terra 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can not "vomit" pieces of lung tissue-vomitus comes from the stomach, a completely separate organ. I have seen people with advanced lung cancer cough up lung tissue-if you had this problem you would know it.
I suspect what you saw was partially digested blood from irritation of your esophageal and stomach linings-as stomach enzymes work on it the protein is denatured which causes it to become ropey-thus the "veins" you thought you saw. This is no huge surprise if you are smoking 4 cigarettes at a time to get a buzz. If you continue this behavior very possibly you will one day get to experience coughing up pieces of lung-won't that be a treat?
2007-02-09 20:08:15 · answer #2 · answered by barbara 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If such is possible, you would probably cough it back in before it even comes out of your mouth; your lungs are fairly intact and provide suitable gas exchange for you to be able to breath. Without them, you won't even be coughing in the first place.
What you coughed out is sputum and dead cells inside your lungs, probably macrophages and other white cells from certain degrees of tissue damage caused by smoking; the "veiny" part may be due to some tinges of blood from excessive coughing or again tissue damage.
A friendly advice: try to take care of your self and preserve your health; this is not a hypocritical comment but a medically-geared one.
2007-02-09 18:51:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your a new smoker, the tissue would still be pinkish. If your a long time smoker (sounds like you may be) then I would say that is possible for your body to do that if you have a disease or even lung cancer.
It could be cancer, lung cancer is very aggressive and you should not take any chances, get it looked at quickly.
2007-02-09 18:48:37 · answer #4 · answered by Jason 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋