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Do you get blood while coughing or cough blood, these might be the reasons, take care!!

Posted on: 01/Jun/2022 10:22:44 AM
Do you get blood when you cough?

Then please don’t take it lightly. Even if it is just a few drops of blood, coughing up blood is a terrifying experience. This is a serious issue and it needs to be addressed immediately. The other name for this is Hemoptysis. It is also called ass airways bleeding. Various reasons why a person gets blood while coughing are heart failure issues, pneumonia and drinking alcohol etc.

These are the common causes for coughing blood

Chronic bronchitis:
We could get blood while coughing if we have chronic bronchitis issues. Here, inflammation of bronchi occurs. A person could get this issue if he or she smokes cigarettes, inhaling second hand smoke, inhaling air pollution etc. Frequent contact with dist could also lead to this chronic bronchitis problem. This issue could be sorted out through oral medications, steroid inhalations etc.

Pneumonia:
One or both lungs could get affected by pneumonia. In this issue, the air sacs of a person would get filled up with pus or fluids etc. This would lead to issues in breathing, coughing blood etc. The issue could be mild or severe. It could be treated by taking oral antibiotics, antivirals or antifungals etc.

Lung cancer:
This is a serious issue that normally begins from the cell linings of the airways. Those with this issue would cough blood, hoarse voice, chest pain, breathing issues etc.  This could be treated by lung surgery or chemotherapy or radiation therapy etc.

Congestive heart failure of CHF:
In some persons, the heart would not be able to pump sufficient blood as efficiently as it would normally. This is referred to as congestive heart failure or CHF. Persons with CHF would fatigue, shortness of breathing while lying down, swelling of legs, coughing blood etc. It could be treated by medicines, lifestyle changes, managing stress etc.

Cystic fibrosis:
Persons with cystic fibrosis issues in them would also cough blood. This issue could lead to persistent lung infections and breathing issues. The persons with this issue would experience wheezing, rectal prolapse, chronic constipation etc.

Endometriosis:
It is true that endometriosis could also make a person cough blood but less frequently. Point is that if the endometrial tissue develops around lungs it could get inflamed and bleed during a woman`s normal cycle.

Tuberculosis or TB:
This highly contagious bacterial disease could d also make a person cough blood. The person with this issue would have high body temperatures. It must be taken into note that TB would attack the lungs.

Lupus:
Sometimes, the body would attack its own healthy tissues and this is lupus. It is a lifelong auto-immune disease. Truth is that almost 50percent of the patients would experience lung problems when they have lupus.