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Suggest Solution For Bloody Sputum
Hello doctor.....I am 28-year-old and am a smoker....I noticed bloody sputum day before and had been to a doc...He had asked me to get admitted for thorough which I denied....He has prescribed me Cefixime and clavulanate potassium tablet, deriphyllin, and laveta... I just started with the medicines today....I happened to cough up blood sputum again but was comparitively less....Please advise
Fri, 30 May 2014
hello, thanks for your query, it seems that you might be having boldly sputum , could be due to tuberculosis, smoking induced bronchectasis or some bleeding disorders or some growth in lungs. kindly evaluate with blood tests and xray chest and chest physician. all d best, take care
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