Coughing blood
• Coughing blood (hemoptysis) is the symptom of blood tinged phlegm to obvious frank blood with 
coughing.
• Coughing blood can be due to:
· bronchitis (an infection of the bronchioles in the lungs)
· bronchiectasis (scaring of the lungs)
· pneumonia (infection of the lower airways- alveoli)
· autoimmune disorders (diseases in which the immune system inappropriately attacks the lung tissue).
· crack cocaine use
· pulmonary embolism
· severe heart failure
· lung cancer
• Coughing blood should always be evaluated by your doctor
Posted on December 12, 2008
