Occasionally coughing up blood in sputum?

Coughing is generally a common phenomenon. Normally, there is no blood in the cough. However, if there is blood in the sputum when coughing, it is mostly due to bronchitis or pharyngeal infection. If this symptom occurs, you need to go to the hospital in time to find out the cause. Before the cause is found out, it is best not to take medicine blindly. After the disease is found out, you must receive symptomatic treatment in time.

1. What causes coughing up blood?

There are many diseases that cause hemoptysis. These include lung disease and some serious heart diseases. It may even cause coughing up blood and lung diseases. Generally speaking, people with bronchiectasis, chronic bronchitis, tuberculosis, etc. may sometimes suffer from lung cancer and cause coughing up blood.

Diseases that cause hemoptysis are not limited to respiratory diseases, although respiratory diseases are more common. The following are various disorders that can cause hemoptysis. Such as pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, bronchitis, lung abscess, lung cancer, pneumonia, paragonimiasis, pulmonary amebiasis, pulmonary echinococcosis, pulmonary fungal disease, pneumocystis carinii, bronchial stones, lung metastatic tumors, pulmonary adenoma, silicosis, etc. These inflammations lead to increased permeability of bronchial mucosa or lesion capillaries, or rupture of submucosal blood vessel walls, causing bleeding.

Chest trauma, contusion, rib fractures, gunshot wounds, explosion injuries and medical procedures (such as chest or lung puncture, biopsy, bronchoscopy, etc.) can occasionally cause hemoptysis. Common ones include leukemia, hemophilia, aplastic anemia, pulmonary hemorrhagic leptospirosis, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, pulmonary plague, thrombocytopenic purpura, disseminated intravascular coagulation, chronic renal failure, uremia, etc.

2. Folk remedies for coughing up blood

2.1. Folk remedies for coughing up blood and spitting blood 1

Take 3 grams of Rehmannia root powder with wine, 3 times a day.

2.2. Folk remedies for coughing up blood

Fry Puhuang until it turns black, and take 9 grams of it warm or with cold water daily.

2.3. Folk remedies for coughing up blood

Cook turtle meat with onions, peppers and soy sauce.

2.4. Folk remedies for coughing up blood

Take 1.5 grams of burnt cotton ash and drink it with good wine.

2.5. Folk remedies for coughing up blood and spitting blood 5

Remove the hair from Cyperus rotundus, grind it into fine powder, and take it with rice drink.

3. What to do if you have chronic bronchitis and cough with blood

3.1. Infection Control

Antimicrobial drugs are selected based on the main pathogens and severity of the infection or according to the drug sensitivity results of the pathogens. If the patient has purulent sputum, it is an indication for the use of antibacterial drugs. Mild cases can be taken orally, while more serious cases can use intramuscular injection or intravenous drip of antibiotics. Commonly used antibiotics include penicillin G, erythromycin, aminoglycosides, quinolones, cephalosporins, etc.

3.2. Expectorant and antitussive

For patients in the acute stage, expectorants and antitussive drugs should be used at the same time as anti-infection treatment to improve symptoms. Commonly used drugs include ammonium chloride mixture, bromhexine, ambroxol, carboxymethylcysteine ​​and strong diluent. Chinese patent medicine also has a certain effect in relieving cough. For the elderly who are weak and unable to cough up sputum or have a large amount of sputum, they should be assisted in expectoration to clear the respiratory tract. Antitussives should be avoided to prevent central nervous system depression, aggravation of airway obstruction and complications.

3.3 Antispasmodic and antiasthmatic drugs

Commonly used drugs include oral administration of aminophylline, terbutaline, or inhalation of short-acting bronchodilators such as salbutamol. If airflow limitation persists, pulmonary function testing is indicated. If the diagnosis of COPD is confirmed, long-acting inhaled bronchodilators, or glucocorticoids plus long-acting inhaled bronchodilators should be used if necessary.

What can't you eat when you're coughing up blood?

1. Dog meat: It is warm in nature and helps to generate heat. It is a warming and yang-boosting food. "Compendium of Materia Medica" said: "People who usually have strong energy and excessive fire should avoid eating it." "Bencao Jingshu" also said: "People with fever and fire-promoting, yin deficiency, internal heat, excessive phlegm and excessive fire should be careful not to eat it." People who suffer from lung heat and hemoptysis should avoid eating it.

2. Litchi: It is warm in nature, sweet and sour in taste, and can easily cause internal heat. People with yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire who suffer from hemoptysis should avoid eating it. "Compendium of Materia Medica for Food Therapy" pointed out long ago: "Eating too much will cause fever." "Compendium of Materia Medica" also warned: "Eating too much fresh food will cause swollen gums, mouth pain, or nosebleed. People with fire diseases should avoid it especially." People who cough up blood often have heat in the lung meridian, or internal heat due to yin deficiency, so they should avoid eating it.