I am getting over being sick except I have a cough that is taking awhile to go away. Yesterday I coughed up this bloody looking clot thing. Otherwise I feel fine and I have not done it since. What could this be. Should I be worried?
2007-03-27 00:09:44 · 11 answers · asked by ? 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Best guess....you ruptured a blood vessel in your throat.
It happens with excessive coughing.
Keep an eye on it ...assuming you have a productive cough, check the sputum for signs of more blood. I would bet that the bleeding clears up within a day.
2007-03-27 00:14:19 · answer #1 · answered by Jack 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have also coughed up blood on a few occasions and I know how worrying this is. Its best to get it checked out. I actually had several different reasons for it viral and bacterial infections and my latest escape from a month ago, was a mycoplasma infection (or walking pneumonia). (Also I coughed up a clot after i had had a bleeding nose). I did go to a specialist and had a bronchosocopy (a tube into the lungs..which was a very interesting process I must say) just to check it out. However its best to get it checked out....I freaked out when it happened to me and I waited 2 weeks and in the end it was just my lungs reacting to infections etc.
2007-03-27 07:20:26 · answer #2 · answered by mareeclara 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get it checked. Coughing up blood isn't as serious as throwing it up. It's probably drainage from your nose. But I'd tell your doctor in any case.
2007-03-27 07:13:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coughing up blood is called hemoptysis. It is a sign of potentially serious infections such as TB or other diseases such as cancer. See a doctor
immediately.
2007-03-27 07:13:19 · answer #4 · answered by thexrayboy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Get to a doctor and off of Y!A.
2007-03-27 07:12:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should go to the hospital and get a chest x ray and diagnotic tests done.
2007-03-27 07:13:06 · answer #6 · answered by Student 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you might have an ulcer, but what do i know, im not a doctor, and neither is anybody here. So go to a doctor!!
2007-03-27 07:13:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but if its on a continual basis, get yourself checked for TB.
2007-03-27 07:12:51 · answer #8 · answered by Dr Dee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
might be . have it checked by a doctor you might have tuberculosis or something . don't take any chance go see a doctor ASAP
2007-03-27 07:12:52 · answer #9 · answered by asphyxia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
see a doctor muppet
2007-03-27 07:12:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋