Hemoptysis is the medical term for coughing up blood or bloody mucus from the respiratory tract and lungs. Coughing up blood is not the same as bleeding from the mouth, throat, or gastrointestinal tract. Blood that comes up with a cough often looks bubbly because it is mixed with air and mucus. It is usually bright red, although it may be rust-colored. Sometimes the mucus may only contain streaks of blood. Medline Plus - National Institutes of Health:

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Hemoptysis
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2. Overview
Hemoptysis is the medical term for coughing up
blood or bloody mucus from the respiratory tract
and lungs.
Coughing up blood is not the same as bleeding
from the mouth, throat, or gastrointestinal tract.
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3. Overview
Blood that comes up with a cough often looks
bubbly because it is mixed with air and mucus. It is
usually bright red, although it may be rust-colored.
Sometimes the mucus may only contain streaks of
blood.
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4. Symptoms
Get medical help right away if you cough up blood
and have:
-- A cough that produces more than a few
teaspoons of blood
-- Blood in your urine or stools
-- Chest pain
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5. Symptoms
-- Dizziness
-- Fever
-- Light-headedness
-- Severe shortness of breath
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6. Treatment
In an emergency case, your doctor will give you
treatments to control your condition. The doctor
will then ask you questions about your cough, such
as:
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7. Treatment
**Time**
-- Are you coughing up large amounts of blood
(massive hemoptysis)?
-- Can you see blood when you cough up
something?
-- How many times have you coughed up blood?
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8. Treatment
**Time**
-- Is there blood-streaked mucus (phlegm)?
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9. Causes
A number of conditions, diseases, and medical
tests may make you cough up blood, including:
-- Blood clot in the lung
-- Breathing blood into the lungs (pulmonary
aspiration)
-- Bronchoscopy with biopsy
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10. Causes
-- Bronchiectasis
-- Bronchitis
-- Cancer
-- Cystic fibrosis
-- Inflammation of the blood vessels in the lung
(vasculitis)
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11. Causes
-- Injury to the arteries of the lungs
-- Irritation of the throat from violent coughing
(small amounts of blood)
-- Pneumonia or other lung infections
-- Pulmonary edema
-- Systemic lupus erythematosus
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12. Causes
-- Tuberculosis
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