Is coughing blood getting chronic bronchitis? |
If a patient with frequent cough, sputum and hemoptysis seeks medical attention, do not think of chronic bronchitis first, but first suspect the following hemoptysis-related diseases:
1. Tuberculosis Tuberculosis is a common disease, sometimes hemoptysis may be the first symptom, hemoptysis or only see bloodshot sputum, often accompanied by symptoms of tuberculosis; afternoon fatigue, low heat, weight loss and so on. Tuberculosis lesions can be found on chest x-rays.
2. Bronchiectasis has cough, slightly paralyzed or only hemoptysis symptoms. It can be more or less, often smelly. Chest X-ray examination often does not clearly see the need for bronchography to confirm the diagnosis.
3. Occupational lungs Early and mid-term symptoms are often similar to chronic bronchitis, such as frequent hemoptysis, combined with occupational exposure history, chest x-ray examination can be diagnosed.
4. Paragonimiasis In addition to cough, sputum, bloody sputum is often ruined, there are edible sputum, drunk crab history, the lungs can detect specific lesions, sputum can be found in the sputum eggs.
5. Bronchial lung cancer often develops concealed, sometimes less cough. Once there is hemoptysis, it means that the cancer has affected the bronchus, so the hemoptysis is often interrupted and repeated. The patient's general condition may be good, and medical examinations sometimes fail to make a definitive diagnosis. Unexplained hemoptysis for this reason should be examined in the short term to rule out other comorbidities, especially bronchogenic lung cancer.
No comments:
Post a Comment