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What Causes Traces Of Blood In Cough?
Been coughing off and on for 3 weeks now mostly at night. Sometimes it seems like a tickling cough. Just started coughing up a little stuff last few days. Like orangish brown. A little traces of blood too. The wierd thing is every time I cough it s like I taste blood but there s no blood just traces every now and then when I can cough up stuff. Been on zpac for 5 days and no better. What would cause this?
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Sat, 12 Jul 2014
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Hello, traces of blood is most likely because of your violent coughing...avoid coughing violently, drink water frequently.
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