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Cold and cough
I am having mild fever initially for 2-3 days and cold....fever gone now but cold and cough are still there and get headache at times due to AC /fan....today I noticed a drop of blood in my cough.Pls suggest
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Dr. Bipin Ninan Abraham
General Physician
7 yrs exp
Bangalore
As the presence of blood is present when you coughed it should be examined. Its likely to be just a small lesion due to continuous bouts of coughing, but it should be confirmed. I would advise you to meet a MD general medicine/pulmonologist so that you can be examined and undergo investigations such as X-Ray chest, CT/MRI (if indicated), CBC, etc to find the underlying cause of the problem and have it treated accordingly. You will need an antihistamine and a cough syrup to control the situation.
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