Coughing Blood

Coutii Healthy - Coughing blood or hemoptysis is the State when a person is experiencing a cough accompanied by blood. Coughing blood itself is a form of symptoms that can occur due to a number of conditions. If coughing blood experienced by the young ages that have a history of good health, usually it is not a sign of a serious illness. However, if the experience it is elderly people or known to have the habit of smoking, then it is possible that blood cough is a symptom of a serious disease.

The characteristics of blood in case of coughing blood can be manifold, there is a pink or bright red, and there's also a frothy texture or even mixed with mucus.

The blood is usually derived from the lungs due to infection or prolonged cough. While dark colored blood and accompanied black stain such as coffee powder is possibly derived from the digestive tract. The condition is quite serious and require medical handling as soon as possible. Similarly, if someone is experiencing:

1. Cough accompanied by phlegm mixed with blood.
2. Cough with blood volume quite a lot.
3. Coughing blood accompanied by a decrease in appetite and weight.
4. Coughing blood accompanied by symptoms of shortness of breath, a fever of more than 38 degrees Celsius, headache, night sweats, and chest pain.
5. Coughing blood accompanied by urine or feces that is also mixed with the blood.
6. Coughing blood that lasted more than a week.
7. Coughing blood that often appear and disappear.

Causes of coughing blood

Some conditions that can cause coughing blood in them are:

1. Bronchitis.  Bronchitis is inflammation of the lung tissue, and is the cause of the coughing blood the most often. Bloody coughs caused by this condition is usually not dangerous or even life threatening.
2. Bronkiektasis. In addition to coughing up blood, a type of lung disease also causes a buildup of mucus in the respiratory tract.
3. Pulmonary infections. In addition to cough blood, sufferers of this condition will be issued a yellowish phlegm or festering, as well as shortness of breath accompanied by fever.
4. Pulmonary edema or fluid buildup. Bloody cough usually occurs in people with pulmonary edema which also have undiagnosed problems in the heart. The blood that came out when the cough will have a texture and frothy pink.
5. Pulmonary Emboli or blood clotting. In addition to cough blood, this condition can cause chest pain and shortness of breath suddenly.
6. Tuberculosis or TB. This is the severe lung infections. In addition to cough blood, TUBERCULOSIS can also cause the sufferer experienced fever and excessive sweating.
7. Lung cancer. The main symptoms of lung cancer, especially at a late stage, is coughing blood, wheezing, and shortness of breath.
8. Wounded, for example due to traffic accidents or exposed to the weapon.
9. Autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, Wegener's granulomatosis, Churg-Strauss Syndrome or.
10. Congestive heart failure, mitral stenosis mainly because.
11. Severe prolonged cough.
12. Side effects of blood thinning drugs.
13. Side effects of drug use.
14. Bronchial varices. Coughing blood can occur due to rupture of bronchial varices, in people with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension in other circumstances.

In addition to these conditions, coughing blood can also be caused by bleeding in the throat, mouth, or nose that mixes with the saliva when patients cough.

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