Coughing blood
Coughing blood: Introduction
The symptom of coughing up blood needs to be distinguished from
the more general symptom of blood in sputum,
where blood may come from other causes than coughing
(e.g. nasal bleeding, gastrointestinal bleeding, etc.).
Both coughing blood or blood in sputum are potentially very serious
symptoms that need prompt professional medical attention;
Suddenly coughing blood or coughing large amounts of blood is a medical emergency.
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Diagnostic tests for Coughing blood:
Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Coughing blood. Some of these are listed below :
- Physical examination
- Examine for evidence of bleeding disorder - e.g. extensive skin bruising or petechia, tender swollen joints, jaundice.
- Inspect sputum for color and consistency if possible, noting any blood if present in sample
- Examine lymph nodes looking for enlarged cervical or Axillary lymph nodes which may indicate lung cancer
- Examine for Horner's syndrome - e.g. dilated pupil and drooping of the upper eyelid which may indicate lung cancer.
- Examine lungs noting breath sounds and their intensity and also the presence of added sounds
- Signs of left ventricular failure? - Examine cardiovascular system for evidence of left ventricular failure (e.g. heart murmur and enlarged heart) and murmur of mitral stenosis.
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Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)
During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Coughing blood.
Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing
your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information
you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis.
Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
- How long have you been coughing up blood? - to determine if acute or chronic.
- What quantity of blood do you cough up? - e.g. may range from small flecks of blood to massive bleeding. Massive bleeding is usually due to bronchiectasis or tuberculosis.
- Are you sure that the blood is coughed up? - e.g. may be confused with blood-stained saliva caused by bleeding from the nose, pharynx or sinuses or may also be confused with vomiting of blood.
- How would you describe the cough itself? - e.g. painful cough may suggest left ventricular heart failure, weak cough may suggest lung cancer.
- What time of the day is the cough worse? - e.g. cough at night left ventricular failure; cough on waking may suggest bronchiectasis.
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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)
Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse
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The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Coughing blood) may include:
- Sputum production? - If there is sputum production, describe it? - e.g. copious amounts with offensive smell suggests bronchiectasis or lung abscess; pus-like sputum may suggest pneumonia, abscess, tuberculosis or bronchiectasis; profuse and watery may suggest lung cancer; red-currant jelly may suggest lung cancer; pink and frothy may suggest left ventricular failure with pulmonary edema.
- Fever and sputum? - suggests pneumonia, lung abscess, tuberculosis and bronchiectasis. However bronchiectasis does not commonly cause fever.
- Chest pain? - should suspect pulmonary embolism.
- Wheeze? - may suggest foreign body, lung cancer, congestive left ventricular heart failure.
- Shortness of breath? - In acute cases may suggest congestive heart failure, pulmonary embolism and pneumonia. In chronic cases may suggest chronic congestive heart failure, mitral stenosis, tuberculosis and lung cancer.
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Causes of Coughing blood listed in Disease Database:
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Medications or substances causing Coughing blood:
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Definitions of Coughing blood:
Coughing up blood from the respiratory tract.
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Organs affected by Coughing blood:
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Detailed list of causes of Coughing blood
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How Common are these Causes of Coughing blood?
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not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Coughing blood.
Of the 208
causes of Coughing blood that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 4
causes are "very common" diseases
- 4
causes are "common" diseases
- 2
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 3
causes are "rare" diseases
- 18
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 184
causes have no prevalence information.
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Conditions listing symptoms: Coughing blood:
The following list of conditions
have 'Coughing blood' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
A
Absence of pulmonary artery
... coughing bloodActinomycetales infection
... coughing up bloodAdenocarcinoma of lung
... coughing up bloodAdenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar
... coughing up bloodAdenoid cystic carcinoma
... Hemoptysis.Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
... coughing bloodAlveolar Hydatid Disease
... coughing bloodAlveolitis, extrinsic allergic
... coughing up blood with prolonged exposureAnti-glomerular basement membrane antibody-mediated disease
... hemoptysisAsbestosis
... coughing bloodAspergillosis
... coughing up bloodB
Back tumour
... coughing up bloodBenign lung Cancer
... HemoptysisBesnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease
... coughing up bloodBronchial adenomata syndrome
... coughing up bloodBronchiectasis
... coughing bloodC
Carcinoma of the vocal tract
... coughing bloodChemical poisoning - Nitric Acid
... coughing up bloodChemical poisoning - Petroleum Distillates - Naphtha
... coughing up bloodChemical poisoning - Sulfuric Acid
... coughing up bloodChemical poisoning - Toluene Diisocyanate
... coughing up bloodChemical poisoning - Vanadium
... coughing up bloodChronic berylliosis
... hemoptysisCommon ventricle
... coughing up bloodCongenital bronchogenic cyst
... coughing up bloodCongenital mitral malformation
... coughing up bloodCongenital mitral stenosis
... coughing up bloodCystic Fibrosis
... Coughing up blood (hemoptysis)D
Dirofilaria immitis infection
... coughing up bloodE
Eisenmenger Syndrome
... coughing up bloodEpidermoid carcinoma
... coughing bloodEsophageal disorder
... coughing up bloodEsophagus Cancer
... Coughing up bloodEssential thrombocytosis - same as essential thrombocythemia
... coughing up bloodF
Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia
... hemoptysisFollicular hamartoma - alopecia - cystic fibrosis
... coughing bloodFrancisella tularenis infection
... hemoptysisG
Goodpasture syndrome
... coughing up blood, coughing up blood (hemoptysis)H
Heart failure
... coughing up bloodHemorrhagic thrombocythemia
... coughing up bloodHemosiderosis
... coughing up bloodHerbal Agent adverse reaction - Clove
... coughing up bloodHip cancer
... coughing up bloodI
Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
... coughing up bloodL
Large cell carcinoma
... hemoptysisLaryngeal carcinoma
... coughing bloodLemierre's syndrome
... coughing bloodLeukocytoclastic angiitis - systemic
... coughing bloodLinguatula serrata infection
... coughing up bloodLung abscess
... coughing bloodLung cancer
... coughing up blood, Coughing up blood (hemoptysis)Lung conditions
... coughing up bloodLymphangioleiomyomatosis
... coughing up blood (hemoptysis)Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia
... coughing up bloodLymphomatoid Granulomatosis
... coughing up bloodM
Meadows syndrome
... coughing up bloodMediastinal endodermal sinus tumors
... coughing up bloodMelioidosis
... hemoptysisMesothelioma
... hemoptysisMesothelioma, adult malignant
... coughing up bloodMesothelioma, adult malignant - pleural
... coughing up bloodMixed type non small cell carcinoma
... hemoptysisMucormycosis
... coughing bloodN
Nocardiosis
... coughing up bloodNon-Small Cell Lung Cancer
... hemoptysis, coughing up bloodP
Paragonimiasis
... hemoptysisPleuropulmonary blastoma
... coughing bloodPneumonia
... cough with rust-colored sputumPulmonary arteriovenous fistula
... coughing up bloodPulmonary artery, isolated unilateral absence of (Isolated UAPA)
... hemoptysisPulmonary edema
... pink-stained sputum coughPulmonary embolism
... hemoptysisPulmonary embolus
... coughing up blood (haemoptysis)Pulmonary haemosiderosis, primary
... coughing up bloodPulmonary hemangiomatosis
... hemoptysisPulmonary valve stenosis
... cough with pink frothy sputumPulmonary veins stenosis
... coughing up bloodR
Rhodococcus equi
... coughing bloodRib Tumor
... coughing up bloodS
Small Cell Lung Cancer
... coughing up bloodSmall cell lung cancer, adult
... coughing up bloodStachybotrys chartarum
... coughing up bloodStomatitis
... blood in salivaT
Torulopsis
... coughing up bloodTracheal cancer
... Coughing up bloodTracheobronchopathia osteoplastica
... hemoptysisTuberculosis
... coughing up bloody sputumTuberculosis, pulmonary
... coughing up bloodV
Vasculitis hypersensitivity
... coughing bloodW
Wegener's granulomatosis
... coughing up blood, hemoptysis (coughing up blood)Z
Zygomycosis
... coughing blood
Conditions listing complications: Coughing blood:
The following list of conditions
have 'Coughing blood' or similar
listed as a complication in our database.
The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear,
and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
B
Benign lung Cancer
... HemoptysisC
Cystic Fibrosis
... hemoptysis (coughing blood)G
Goodpasture syndrome
... HemoptysisO
Osler's disease
... coughing up bloodP
Pulmonary artery agenesis
... coughing up blood
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What are the alternative names for Coughing blood:
Hemoptysis, Haemoptysis, Blood-stained sputum
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Classifications of Coughing blood:
Subtypes of Coughing blood:
Hemoptysis (91 causes), Spitting blood (91 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Coughing blood:
Respiratory symptoms (3282 causes), Lung symptoms (1477 causes), Cough (1217 causes), Wet cough (257 causes), Spitting blood (91 causes), Bleeding symptoms (1255 causes), Drooling (379 causes), Hemoptysis (91 causes), Bloody sputum (143 causes), Common symptoms (7717 causes), Sputum symptoms (244 causes), Mouth symptoms (2889 causes), Throat symptoms (2341 causes), Head symptoms (6066 causes), Face symptoms (4405 causes)
Symptoms related to Coughing blood:
Blood in sputum (143 causes), Cough (1217 causes), Productive cough (98 causes), Bleeding gums (102 causes), Haemoptysis, Tuberculosis, Lung cancer, Pneumonia (69 causes), Lung infection (8 causes)
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