HEMOPTYSIS

( COUGHING UP BLOOD )
BY
HEFTA NOVRIANTI

DEFINITIONS
Hemoptysis (coughing up blood) is a condition when a person

has a cough with blood. Coughing up blood is itself a form of

symptoms that can arise due to a number of conditions, either
serious or not. If coughing up blood experienced by the young
who have a history of good health, this is usually not a sign of
a serious illness. However, if those affected are known to have
a history of poor health or she is a smoker, it is possible that
this blood cough as a symptom of a Serious condition.
Shape assortment coughing up blood,
blood is accompanied by a frothy
texture or pink, some are
accompanied by blood mixed
with mucus

See your doctor or go to hospital if you experience:

cough accompanied by sputum mixed with blood.
Cough with enough blood volume.
Coughing up blood with symptoms of weight loss

and loss of appetite.

Coughing up blood is accompanied by shortness of
breath, fever, headache, night sweats, and chest
pain.
Coughing up blood is accompanied by urine or feces
that also mixed with blood.
blood cough that lasts more than a week.
Coughing up blood that often appear and disappear.

CAUSE
bronchitis.
prolonged severe cough
Bronchiectasis
lung infection
pulmonary edema or fluid buildup
Pulmonary emboli, or blood clots
Tuberculosis or TB
Cancer of the throat
lung cancer.
Serious injury, for example from traffic accidents or exposed arms.
Side effects of blood-thinning drugs.
The side effects of drug use.
stomach ulcers or heartburn.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

a. Cough with blood
b. agitated
c. Chest pain
d. Burning, fullness in the chest
e. Chest muscle retraction
f. shortness of breath
g. respiration increases

COMPLICATION
1. Asphyxia.
2. Shock hemoragic
3. Distribution to the healthy lungs

EXAMINATION
a. Heat, meaning there is an inflammatory

process
b. Auscultation: There was a Rales
c. The possibility of showing the location
d. No aspiration
e. Crackles settled, wheezing local, the
possibility of clogging by: Ca, blood clots
f. Clubbing finger: Bronchiectasis, neoplasm

DIAGNOSTIC
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examination of sputum samples.

Blood tests.
Bronchoscopy.
CT scan.
X-ray examination of the chest.

TREATMENT
Giving antibiotics for lung infections caused by bacteria, such as

tuberculosis or pneumonia.
Steroid if coughing up blood caused by inflammation.
Radiation therapy or chemotherapy if coughing up blood caused by
lung cancer.
bronchial artery embolization if coughing up blood caused by
bleeding in the arteries. Through this method, the doctor will block
the artery in question by using a substance or even a metal coil and
divert blood circulation to the other arteries healthier. Identification
of the source of the bleeding can be helped with a catheter through
the monitor.
Operations to manage the symptoms of coughing up blood due to
life-threatening conditions, such as surgical removal of the lung in
severe lung disease.

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