I'm going to go the doctor, but this morning I woke up coughing and there was blood in it. Any ideas about what it could be?
2007-07-14 08:40:31 · 8 answers · asked by allie0311 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
It is called Haemoptysis. It can be caused by a variety of things and Yahoo Answers may worry you a lot more than necessary. When you go to the doctor he/she will refer you to hospital to get a chest x-ray, which will show any underlying pathologies, the vast majority of which is treatable.
2007-07-14 09:32:43 · answer #1 · answered by Just some guy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bronchitis
Nose bleed
Pneumonia
Pulmonary Embolus
Cancer
It is most commonly going to be something that happens commonly - eg a viral infection - you cough and cough and irritate the lining of your air passages and you cough up a streak of blood.
There are other conditions, however, which can cause you to cough up blood. Hence this is something that needs checking out.
The worst case I have seen (incredibly rare) is an 11yo girl who came in having coughed up a clot of blood about an inch diameter or more. She also had a sore knee. Her chest x-ray and knee x-ray were abnormal and it turned out that she had a bone cancer (osteogenic sarcoma) that had spread to her lungs.
Incredibly rare. I would bet any amount of money that this is not what is going on with you.
However, you need to get checked out.
2007-07-14 15:44:10 · answer #2 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how much blood was there. If you were coughing hard you could have broken a blood vessel in your esophagus or throat and that could give you a small amount blood tinge in the mucus you have coughed up. Are you a smoker? Worst case scenario coughing up blood could indicate lung cancer or tuberculosis. Another possibility is esophagitis if you have a lot of heartburn. It could really be any number of things. Good luck.
2007-07-14 15:54:29 · answer #3 · answered by mispriss 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before worrying too much. Well you did say coughed it up.
-It isn't your teeth or gums bleeding?
2007-07-14 16:02:15 · answer #4 · answered by Mia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably sinuses draining. I broke my nose once and it didnt come out the nose it drained down my throat . I eventually puked it all up. I didnt realize I was ingesting it.
2007-07-14 15:48:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be a lot of things, even including TB.
2007-07-14 15:50:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could have TB, go see your DR, NOW. Be sure of the diagnosis.
2007-07-14 15:48:22 · answer #7 · answered by Crazygirl ♥ aka GT 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that menas your throught is scratched or wounded.
trust me.
2007-07-14 15:49:36 · answer #8 · answered by PHANTOM 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋