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Old 05-01-2004, 21:29   #14
Doc T
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Originally posted by Jimbo
No fever unless it was a low grade. No other symptoms except an occasional sneeze. Sneezing started yesterday, blood started today. No meds no history. Just a whole lot of stress.
stress in general or stress from this? gosh...tough crowd on the board, eh?

anyway... when you see your doc he or she will need to differentiate between a pulmonary source of the blood and or a sinus/nasal/pharnygeal source since the origin could be either from what you described. Think of post nasal drip mixed with some blood and you can see how a sinus problem could cause mucous mixed with blood.

TB would typically present with fever and night sweats... and a hacking cough associated with the blood... been there, done that but happily tested negative for anything but a pneumonia. With no other symptoms chances are it isn't TB... but you never know until tested.

Since you vomited some blood I would guess an upper source that went down both pipes (esphagus and trachea) and came back up both ways.

As said before, see a doc.

doc t.
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