Pulmonary Aspiration
Health Encyclopedia: Coughing Up Blood
Coughing up blood is the spitting up of blood or bloody mucus from the lungs andthroat (respiratory tract).
Alternative Names
Hemoptysis; Spitting up blood; Bloody sputum
Considerations
Hemoptysis is the medical term for coughing up blood from the respiratory tract.
Coughing up bloodis 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 ...
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