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Blood in sputum
Hello, My hubby gets blood in his phlegm every time h coughs and spits it from around 3 to 4 days. H had a high fever of 104°f, cold and cough a week back. H have a recurrent coughing from the past 6 months. Just wanted to know if this is really serious and treated immediately or can we wait for 1.5 months because h is out of india and will be returning in June. H has done chest x ray and it shows infection. I can't provide the x ray as they don't provide it to the patient. Two days back the blood was more but h didn't take the picture. Plz help.
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Ask him to get tested for TB and a HRCT.Blood in sputum need to be evaluated asap.
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Blood in sputum is a serious issue .
It could have several reasons , if its acute and symptoms since few days then could be due to viral pneumonia and mostly nothing to worry about and self resolving.
But if its since over a week then consult your nearest doctor and get tested and start treatment.
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he needs to be evaluated for the probable causes..esp tb
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Get his Ct thoracic angiography with contrast ct chest and follow up with chest physician
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
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46 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Pl consult immediately. We can not wait so much time.
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Dr. Sivaraj Karri
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10 yrs exp
Kakinada
It needs immediate evaluation
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