Hemoptysis

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Diagnosis

An essential part of diagnosing hemoptysis is ruling out hematemesis (vomiting of blood) and other forms of pseudohemoptysis (blood in the sputum that originates outside of the respiratory tract). Blood can originate in the back of the mouth (an area known as the oropharynx) or in the gastrointestinal tract.


After confirmation of hemoptysis diagnosis involves differentiating among the possible causes of the bleeding, from lung cancer to bronchitis. The diagnosis involve...Read the full article