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What Causes Coughing Up Of Blood?
Question: coughing up blood is a symptom of what? Is it serious?
Brief Answer:
It indicates a serious problem
Detailed Answer:
Hi, thank you for your question. Coughing up blood should always be taken seriously. It can indicate a life-threatening problem such as cancer or bleeding somewhere in the respiratory tract from various problems. Tuberculosis and pneumonia can also cause it. Inflammatory and collagen vascular diseases such as lupus affecting the lungs may result in coughing of blood. It might be related to the heart or the large blood vessels around the heart. A bleeding disorder in which the blood doesn't clot normally may cause it. All of these conditions are very serious. If you are coughing up blood, you need to be seen promptly.
Hope this answers your query. Please don't wait before getting this check out. I wish you the best.
It indicates a serious problem
Detailed Answer:
Hi, thank you for your question. Coughing up blood should always be taken seriously. It can indicate a life-threatening problem such as cancer or bleeding somewhere in the respiratory tract from various problems. Tuberculosis and pneumonia can also cause it. Inflammatory and collagen vascular diseases such as lupus affecting the lungs may result in coughing of blood. It might be related to the heart or the large blood vessels around the heart. A bleeding disorder in which the blood doesn't clot normally may cause it. All of these conditions are very serious. If you are coughing up blood, you need to be seen promptly.
Hope this answers your query. Please don't wait before getting this check out. I wish you the best.
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