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What Causes Coughing With Bloody Mucus?

Doctor please help my husband who coughs almost every morning for 10 to 15 minutes ,he brings a lot of mucous when he spits in the basin and sometimes there is blood too....

this has been happening for more than 6 years he had various treatments but nothing seems to work

i cant see him suffering so much

please advice
Thu, 5 Mar 2015
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Hi,coughing with blood is known as hemoptysis.
It could be due to chronic severe bronchitis, aspergillosis or tuberculosis, bronchiectasis etc.
You must take him to the chest physician and undergo routine blood investigations with bloody sputum,chest X- ray or HRCT thorax to make diagnosis.
If above investigations comes normal then one should do bronchoscopy to rule out tumour,edema,embolism etc.
Treatment is mainly depend on the underlying cause but symptomatic treatment like bronchodilators can be given.
So,consult pulmonologist first.
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What Causes Coughing With Bloody Mucus?

Hi,coughing with blood is known as hemoptysis. It could be due to chronic severe bronchitis, aspergillosis or tuberculosis, bronchiectasis etc. You must take him to the chest physician and undergo routine blood investigations with bloody sputum,chest X- ray or HRCT thorax to make diagnosis. If above investigations comes normal then one should do bronchoscopy to rule out tumour,edema,embolism etc. Treatment is mainly depend on the underlying cause but symptomatic treatment like bronchodilators can be given. So,consult pulmonologist first. Thanks