Hemoptysis definition is coughing up blood, spitting up blood, blood in your phlegm, bloody mucous, blood sputum or a less graphic way by saying expectoration of blood from your respiratory passageways.
Surprising and frightening as the sight of blood in your cough-up might be, the cause is not necessarily serious. Some causes for hemoptysis symptoms [...]
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Pulmonary fibrosis, aka idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPK), is an incurable lung disease, with a 3-5 year lifespan after diagnosis. This disease causes scarring in and around your air sacs for some reason that is not fully understood.
As scarring progresses, your lungs become thickly stiff. This sac condition makes it difficult for oxygen to [...]
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Whooping cough, aka pertussis, is a contagious bacteria causing respiratory infection, set apart by severe coughing fits with “whooping” inhalation. These nagging coughing episodes can cause vomiting and difficulty eating or drinking.
The initial symptoms of pertussis are very similar to those of a common cold, with:
sneezing
dry cough
runny nose
slight fever
red, watery eyes
nasal congestion
However, whooping cough [...]
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Sneezing, scratchy throat, stuffy nose and coughing symptom suffering of a cold is life’s commonest illness. You are not alone, in the United States around 1 billion “come down with” these viruses over the course of each year.
Common cold indications usually begin to occur 2 to 3 days after infection, with mucus buildup in your [...]
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The mumps is a highly contagious virus, spread by infected saliva commonly through:
contact
sneezing
laughing
coughing
Typically the mumps virus infects your parotid salivary glands, located toward the back of each cheek, which become swollen and painful. But the virus can also infect many other parts of your body.
The mumps are most contagious a couple days before symptoms and [...]
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Have you had a constant, continuous or persistent cough for weeks? Coughing is a life-preserving reflex that keeps your airway clear. Although annoying, it is essential.
Duration of your cough helps distinguish its cause. Acute coughs, lasting around 2 to 3 weeks, are usually associated with:
flu
sinusitis
bronchitis
pnueumonia
common cold
whooping cough
Whereas, a chronic cough lasts much longer. [...]
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that usually attacks your lungs, but it can damage other parts of the body. Tuberculosis is spread through the air when a person with active TB does stuff like coughs, sneezes or talks.
Early symptoms of active TB include weight loss, fever, night sweats and loss of appetite. With [...]
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Bronchitis means inflammation of your main air passageways (bronchi) in your lungs. When these air movers are inflamed you typically experience a cough, shortness of breath and chest tightness. Also, bronchitis caused coughing may bring up some “yucky looking” thick yellow or greenish mucus.
The two main types of bronchitis are acute and chronic.
Acute bronchitis [...]
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Are you coughing, have stuffy nose congestion, feel tired and achy with a headache, fever? And your favorite cold medicine treatment offers little or no relief to these symptoms you figured was just a common cold.
You may be experiencing sinusitis, in other words what you thought was “simply” sinus inflammation potentially developed into [...]
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung disease. Essentially, the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs are partly obstructed, making it difficult to get air in and out.
COPD develops slowly, and it may take years before you notice symptom of feeling a shortness of breath. The signs and symptoms [...]
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