Coughing up blood

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Coughing up blood

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Was suffering from viral fever .. fever has completely subsided .. but I have a cough with hemoptesis in the morning and when I cough very hard ..and clothed blood in my cough .. attaching my chest x ray .. blood report was normal with esr of 8 mm/hr

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Dr. Akshay Chaudhary

General Physician 6 yrs exp Greater Noida

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Blood in cough after viral fever is most commonly from inflamed bronchial airways (bronchitis) â not dangerous on its own. Normal ESR makes TB less likely. However, hemoptysis always needs proper evaluation. Get a CT chest done if X-ray didn't show a clear cause. Avoid straining/hard coughing, and if blood increases or fever returns, seek urgent care.

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Consult me on Practo with your X-ray report for further guidance.

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Dr. Vivek Gautam

Pulmonologist 12 yrs exp Greater Noida

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need further workup..kindly connect

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Dr. Sivaraj Karri

Pulmonologist 10 yrs exp Kakinada

Xray appears normal

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Blood could be due to urti Consult a pulmonologist

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Dr. Vakamala Haritha Reddy

Pulmonologist 12 yrs exp Chennai

What is the amount of blood and how many times u have If minimal blood 1 or 2 times subsided It may be due to post viral bronchitis related If it is clotted or dark blood should rule out gut related causes if significant Cray wise normal

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Should take good cough sipressant If one more episode better getting evaluated directly And should get ct chest To find X-ray is not sufficient

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Dr. Kirubanandam Arularasan

Pulmonologist 9 yrs exp Thanjavur

Post viral cough syndrome is quite common after viral fever. Most common cause of hemoptysis is simple bronchitis which needs symptomatic management. Better take CT chest and blood tests before considering it as normal. Need more history about smoking status and comorbidities

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CT chest PT INR CONSULT PULMONOLOGIST

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if you have more hemoptysis better get admitted and evaluated.

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