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Coughed Up Large Chunk Of Phlegm With Blood, Have Neck Stiffness, Constant Dehydration Feeling. Cause?
I coughed up a large chunk of phlegm this morning which was 75% blood. I hadn t coughed hard or forced anything, it just came up when I cleared my throat . My only other symptoms are a VERY stiff neck and the constant feeling of dehydration . My throat feels a tiny bit sore and glands feel a bit swollen but those symptoms are very minimal. Other than that, I feel totally fine. I haven t coughed anything up, including blood since that which was about 8hrs ago. What could this be?
Fri, 11 Oct 2013
hello and welcome to HCM,
I am Dr Sriram Nathan and I am an ENT consultant and I will try to help you out with your problem.
First of all let me assure you that though it is a scary symptom of blood coming out of your mouth let me assure you that in most of the cases it is benign and is treatable. So do not worry.
I shall begin by saying is if some one walks to my office with few episodes of blood in the mouth and now free from it, I wouldn't be concerned. This may be been due to a benign and harmless condition such as local trauma, a vitamin deficiency or a gastritis.
You may examine your oral cavity to look for changes on your gums and teeth. Also ask yourself whether you recently took any medication which was strong and which was taken in empty stomach. Also this may be caused by excessive intake of oily food, spicy food, caffeine, alcohol. Is there any of these in your history recently?
I would start you on medicines to treat gastritis along with vitamin deficiency if there are no changes in the oral cavity. I use pantoprazole 40mg twice a day before food for 2 weeks along with zincovit capsule once a day for a week in my patients. Your doctor will know about this drug.
If bleeding continues to persist, I would proceed to investigate further to rule out coagulation defects, oesophageal varices and rarely growth. An endoscopy is an useful tool here. Along with routine blood test will prove to us that you do not have a serious condition.
I would also encourage you to take cold milk along with bland diet.
In all, the symptoms that described does not seem to be sinister. I would not press the panic button yet. However if bleeding and chest tightness continue to trouble you or if you develop new symptoms such as breathing difficulty, fever and others, visit your doctor at the earliest.
Hope some of your doubts have been cleared by me. I would be happy to answer further any doubts. If you do have any more doubts, I would also like you to go through the following checklist before you ask me another question so that i can help you better:
1. Did you have any medication/ oily food/ spicy food/ alcohol recently and in empty stomach?
2. Is there a history of bleeding disorder in the family or do you have bleeding gums?
3. Is there any history of forceful vomiting?
Take care and hope your problem gets better soon
Regards
Dr Sriram Nathan
I am Dr Sriram Nathan and I am an ENT consultant and I will try to help you out with your problem.
First of all let me assure you that though it is a scary symptom of blood coming out of your mouth let me assure you that in most of the cases it is benign and is treatable. So do not worry.
I shall begin by saying is if some one walks to my office with few episodes of blood in the mouth and now free from it, I wouldn't be concerned. This may be been due to a benign and harmless condition such as local trauma, a vitamin deficiency or a gastritis.
You may examine your oral cavity to look for changes on your gums and teeth. Also ask yourself whether you recently took any medication which was strong and which was taken in empty stomach. Also this may be caused by excessive intake of oily food, spicy food, caffeine, alcohol. Is there any of these in your history recently?
I would start you on medicines to treat gastritis along with vitamin deficiency if there are no changes in the oral cavity. I use pantoprazole 40mg twice a day before food for 2 weeks along with zincovit capsule once a day for a week in my patients. Your doctor will know about this drug.
If bleeding continues to persist, I would proceed to investigate further to rule out coagulation defects, oesophageal varices and rarely growth. An endoscopy is an useful tool here. Along with routine blood test will prove to us that you do not have a serious condition.
I would also encourage you to take cold milk along with bland diet.
In all, the symptoms that described does not seem to be sinister. I would not press the panic button yet. However if bleeding and chest tightness continue to trouble you or if you develop new symptoms such as breathing difficulty, fever and others, visit your doctor at the earliest.
Hope some of your doubts have been cleared by me. I would be happy to answer further any doubts. If you do have any more doubts, I would also like you to go through the following checklist before you ask me another question so that i can help you better:
1. Did you have any medication/ oily food/ spicy food/ alcohol recently and in empty stomach?
2. Is there a history of bleeding disorder in the family or do you have bleeding gums?
3. Is there any history of forceful vomiting?
Take care and hope your problem gets better soon
Regards
Dr Sriram Nathan
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