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bloody sputum

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bloody sputum
Etymology: AS, blod + L, sputum, spittle
blood-tinged material expelled from the respiratory passages. The amount and color of blood in sputum expelled by coughing or clearing the throat may indicate the cause and location of the bleeding. Swallowed blood regurgitated from the stomach most often loses its vital coloring, however, thus eliminating the opportunity to judge the origin.


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The patient may suffer from a nosebleed, or may cough up bloody sputum.
Many a times these symptoms just do not make an impact causing chronic symptoms like coughing, chest pain and bloody sputum.
Clinical manifestations are relatively nonspecific and may include: upper abdominal pain, fever, cough, chest pain, bloody sputum, and pruritis.
 
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