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What Causes Blood Tinged Sputum After The Treatment Of Tuberculosis?
Hello Doc...I was diagnosed with Multi drug resistant Tuberculosis 2 years back in Jul 2014. Treatment was started immediately after that, I completed my treatment in Jul 2016 and stopped medicines. Now after two months I have this cold and cough, while coughing I see blood tinged sputum. Please help me,is there something to worry.
Mon, 3 Oct 2016
Blood-streaked sputum is usually caused by a respiratory infection and, if it resolves, is not usually cause for worry. Blood-streaked sputum in people who smoke usually requires further evaluation. Only we need to distinguish hemoptysis from bleeding that comes from the mouth, nose, or throat and from blood that is vomited. So after clinically we distinguish this, we can plan the treatment accordingly.
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