Coughing blood and 1st TB test neg...?!


Question: I've been coughing blood since Thursday. I went to the ER and they gave me a TB test. It did absoletly NOTHING. They also did a CT and found a 3mm nodule in the middle of my right lung. After consult with my GP, they sent me home with orders for saline nasal spray. My GP is nuts! He thinks that the bleeding is coming from my sinus, when I am very aware that it isn't.
I have had night sweats so bad for the last week, started before coughing, and since my GP sent me home, I started monitoring the amounts of blood that I cough up. The smallest amount has been 15ml, and the largest (guesstimate using actual measurement on different bout) would be about 100ml. I soak thru 4-6 Bounty paper towels.... bright red thick blood. I dispose of these in a sealed baggie.
My question is this, should I have more TB tests run? I am going to get an appt with a pulmonologist, but figure it'll be a while before I can get in. What info can anyone share with me on this?


Answers: I've been coughing blood since Thursday. I went to the ER and they gave me a TB test. It did absoletly NOTHING. They also did a CT and found a 3mm nodule in the middle of my right lung. After consult with my GP, they sent me home with orders for saline nasal spray. My GP is nuts! He thinks that the bleeding is coming from my sinus, when I am very aware that it isn't.
I have had night sweats so bad for the last week, started before coughing, and since my GP sent me home, I started monitoring the amounts of blood that I cough up. The smallest amount has been 15ml, and the largest (guesstimate using actual measurement on different bout) would be about 100ml. I soak thru 4-6 Bounty paper towels.... bright red thick blood. I dispose of these in a sealed baggie.
My question is this, should I have more TB tests run? I am going to get an appt with a pulmonologist, but figure it'll be a while before I can get in. What info can anyone share with me on this?

I would think that if this was TB and you're coughing up that much blood - the test would come back positive. That seems like an awful lot of blood. When you call the pulmonologist make sure you tell them what's wrong and that you need to get in right away. I would say that the next time you soak through so many paper towels go to the hospital and take the paper towels with you so they can see how serious it is.

Do you have any other symptoms? Light-headed, difficulty breathing?

I wish I could tell you something more definitive. I wish you well!

Sometimes due to constant coughing the lining in our throat gets irritated and may be injured and when when you coughing and you expectorate the lining of your throat becomes more irritated and may show blood when you actually expectorate.

Here in the Philippines we diagnose TB patients through Direct Sputum Smear. and if undetected because of for example wrong method of collection of sputum specimen and we suspect that it is tuberculosis we recommend the X-ray test. and look for tb spots in the lungs.

The following are signs and symptoms of TB:

* A cough lasting three or more weeks that may produce discolored or bloody sputum
* Unintended weight loss
* Fatigue
* Slight fever
* Night sweats
* Chills
* Loss of appetite
* Pain with breathing or coughing


Hope I have given info.

Good luck with your health!

you need to go to another hospital,seriously.if you are throwing up that much blood,,,,,,,GO TO SOMEONE ELSE.dont need to sit around waitng while doing that,sounds too serious to be at home

The blood is from your throat being irritated from excessive coughing. Go see a Dr.





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