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What Causes Sore Throat,brown Mucus And Blood After Gargling?

Hi there, My girlfriend is reporting the following symptoms for a couple of days now:night sweats / fever stuffy / runny nose Sore throat Nausea (quite intense)Today she had dark brown, dried mucus in the back of her throat when she woke up.After she dislodged it, she was gargling with water and there were small amounts of fresh blood in it.NO Cough.Many thanks!
Fri, 8 Aug 2014
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Welcome to HCM,

The history and symptoms are suggestive of respiratory tract infection which is causing all these weired symptoms.

In severe caeses the patient's nay have symptoms of blood tinged sputum. I would suggest your girlfriend to under go lab investigations like CBC, sputum examination, chest X-ray and urine examination.

For the present symptoms I would recommend to follow
1. Steam inhalation with vapocaps.
2.Salt water gargling
3. Oral antibiotics like tab Augmentin
4. Mucolytic syrup
5. Oral antihistamines

The aforementioned measures helps to control the symptoms and improve the condition.
Thank you.
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What Causes Sore Throat,brown Mucus And Blood After Gargling?

Hello Welcome to HCM, The history and symptoms are suggestive of respiratory tract infection which is causing all these weired symptoms. In severe caeses the patient s nay have symptoms of blood tinged sputum. I would suggest your girlfriend to under go lab investigations like CBC, sputum examination, chest X-ray and urine examination. For the present symptoms I would recommend to follow 1. Steam inhalation with vapocaps. 2.Salt water gargling 3. Oral antibiotics like tab Augmentin 4. Mucolytic syrup 5. Oral antihistamines The aforementioned measures helps to control the symptoms and improve the condition. Thank you.