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Blood In Urine, Coughing Blood, Runny Nose, Back Pain. Advice?
My husband got severely back acke 3 months ago & with strong contious cough & was complaining about an accident he got 5 yrs ago. Last month, he reported that he coughed out blood once & last week he reported that he got running nose with blood once as well. Today he reported to me that he went o the toilet to dispose of waist & he saw blood with toilet. I actually asked him if he had difficulty or had problem or pain when sending the waist out but he didn't. Could you pls assit me & advise of the kind of the sickness that he is facing? Thank you & awaiting your advice by return.
Fri, 6 Sep 2013
Hello and welcome to HCM,
I can understand from your query that your husband is having cough, blood in cough, running nose and blood in stools.
Blood in cough can be due to trauma in the throat, tuberculosis, or cancer of the lung or upper aero-digestive tract.
Do you sputum production with the cough.
If yes, then the sputum should be examined microscopically to look for cancer cells.
Investigations for mycobacterium tuberculosis (bacteria causing tuberculosis) can also be performed on the sputum.
Both tuberculosis and cancer are associated with loss of appetite, weight loss and generalized weakness.
Besides sputum examination, a X-ray chest also needs to be done.
Blood in stools can also occur in number of conditions.
Ulcer at the anal verge, infection, rectal ulcer, irritable bowel disease. inflammatory bowel disease, mesenteric artery ischemia are some of the conditions which cause blood in stools.
A stool examination is required to look for evidence of infection .
A colonoscopy needs to be done to look for any ulcer, growth or any other lesion of the lower gastro-intestinal tract.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal
It can be due to
I can understand from your query that your husband is having cough, blood in cough, running nose and blood in stools.
Blood in cough can be due to trauma in the throat, tuberculosis, or cancer of the lung or upper aero-digestive tract.
Do you sputum production with the cough.
If yes, then the sputum should be examined microscopically to look for cancer cells.
Investigations for mycobacterium tuberculosis (bacteria causing tuberculosis) can also be performed on the sputum.
Both tuberculosis and cancer are associated with loss of appetite, weight loss and generalized weakness.
Besides sputum examination, a X-ray chest also needs to be done.
Blood in stools can also occur in number of conditions.
Ulcer at the anal verge, infection, rectal ulcer, irritable bowel disease. inflammatory bowel disease, mesenteric artery ischemia are some of the conditions which cause blood in stools.
A stool examination is required to look for evidence of infection .
A colonoscopy needs to be done to look for any ulcer, growth or any other lesion of the lower gastro-intestinal tract.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal
It can be due to
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