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What Causes Coughing Up Reddish Phlegm With Swollen Lymph Nodes?
I have swollen Lymph nodes in my neck, White Spots on my Tonsils, No fever , no body chills, no headache, on iberprophen or how ever you spell it , i also recently started coughing up (from throat) redish purplish phlem balls of sort... What does this all mean . I am also awaiting a strep culture at the hospital .
Mon, 15 Sep 2014
hello,thanks for your query, bloody sputum with lymph node enlargement,on brufen should be evaluated. it could be gastric ulcer, tuberculosis,or simple gastritis. kindly evaluate with an ent surgeon by doing x-ray chest, fine needle aspiration cytology and blood tests. hope i have answered your query. all the best. take care.
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