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What Is The Cause Of Coughing Up Mucus With Blood?
hello doctor,
i live in a gulf country. from some days i am facing problem that when i spit the color is yellow and sometime when i wake up in the morning there is little bit blood in saliva. after spiting 2 or 3 times blood doesn't come again but saliva color is yellow most time of the day. i tried to cough and bring mucus/phlegm outside but there is no blood in that.
and my mouth smell very bad. if i brush my teeth or eat some gum smell goes for sometime but it come back.
Please advice me. Thank you
i live in a gulf country. from some days i am facing problem that when i spit the color is yellow and sometime when i wake up in the morning there is little bit blood in saliva. after spiting 2 or 3 times blood doesn't come again but saliva color is yellow most time of the day. i tried to cough and bring mucus/phlegm outside but there is no blood in that.
and my mouth smell very bad. if i brush my teeth or eat some gum smell goes for sometime but it come back.
Please advice me. Thank you
Mon, 17 Feb 2014
Hello and welcome to HCM,
Coughing up yellow colored mucus can be due to infection in the throat or the lungs.
Coughing of mucus mixed with blood can be due to some kind of bleeding in the throat or in the lung.
You need to consult an ENT specialist for clinical examination of the throat/
Any lesion in the throat can cause irritation and bleeding.
If there is no lesion in the throat, you need to consult your chest physician for chest examination- X-ray of chest and bronchoscopy to look for any lesion in the bronchi and lung fields.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal
Coughing up yellow colored mucus can be due to infection in the throat or the lungs.
Coughing of mucus mixed with blood can be due to some kind of bleeding in the throat or in the lung.
You need to consult an ENT specialist for clinical examination of the throat/
Any lesion in the throat can cause irritation and bleeding.
If there is no lesion in the throat, you need to consult your chest physician for chest examination- X-ray of chest and bronchoscopy to look for any lesion in the bronchi and lung fields.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal
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