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What Causes Blood In Sputum After Taking Heroin Shots?

My daughter has been IV drug user for iver a year, mostly heroin and meth. Recently began spitting up, not coughing up blood after injecting. Why would this be happening. Besides quitting, which is not an option for her at the moment in her dependency until I can afford the help she needs, I need to know what is causing this reaction. Please and thank you for your insight to this disturbing side effect
Mon, 20 Mar 2017
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Thanks for contacting HCM with your health concern

1. Since drug abuse is associated with multiple health hazard(s] and as there is spitting of blood [hematemesis] and not coughing [hemoptysis] thus take it as a danger sign and seek immediate help of a doctor or rush to ER [emergency room to get a chest X-ray done] since complication arising from heroin use is/are:

. pulmonary embolism
. endocarditis
. pneumonia.. thus see a chest specialist to exclude other causes like deep vein thrombosis [DVT], infection [HIV/Hepatitis B & C] since injecting drugs exposes the user to an increased risk of acquiring various infections and the transmission of certain blood-borne infections.

2. Since drug addiction leads to predatory crime like shoplifting,burglary, robbery thus every drug addict is subject to arrest by police so think of her betterment [rehabilitation] before it's too late

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What Causes Blood In Sputum After Taking Heroin Shots?

** Thanks for contacting HCM with your health concern 1. Since drug abuse is associated with multiple health hazard(s] and as there is spitting of blood [hematemesis] and not coughing [hemoptysis] thus take it as a danger sign and seek immediate help of a doctor or rush to ER [emergency room to get a chest X-ray done] since complication arising from heroin use is/are: . pulmonary embolism . endocarditis . pneumonia.. thus see a chest specialist to exclude other causes like deep vein thrombosis [DVT], infection [HIV/Hepatitis B & C] since injecting drugs exposes the user to an increased risk of acquiring various infections and the transmission of certain blood-borne infections. 2. Since drug addiction leads to predatory crime like shoplifting,burglary, robbery thus every drug addict is subject to arrest by police so think of her betterment [rehabilitation] before it s too late