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  2. Hemoptysis - Wikipedia

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    Amounts of blood: large amounts of blood, or there is blood-streaked sputum; Probable source of bleeding: Is the blood coughed up, or vomited? Bloody sputum. color, characters: blood-streaked, fresh blood, frothy pink, bloody gelatinous. Accompanying symptoms fever, chest pain, coughing, purulent sputum, mucocutaneous bleeding, jaundice.

  3. Hypertensive crisis - Wikipedia

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    Breathlessness, cough, and the coughing up of blood-stained sputum are characteristic signs of pulmonary edema, the swelling of lung tissue due to left ventricular failure, an inability of the left ventricle of the heart to adequately pump blood from the lungs into the arterial system. [4]

  4. Reflex syncope - Wikipedia

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    Situational syncope is often triggered by urination, swallowing, or coughing. [2] Carotid sinus syncope is due to pressure on the carotid sinus in the neck. [2] The underlying mechanism involves the nervous system slowing the heart rate and dilating blood vessels, resulting in low blood pressure and thus not enough blood flow to the brain. [2]

  5. Telltale Signs You Need to See a Doctor for Your Cough - AOL

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    “Someone who has underlying conditions like heart or lung disease, or a disease that compromises their immune system, should get medical attention for a new cough, and cough accompanied by ...

  6. Pulmonary edema - Wikipedia

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    Other common symptoms include coughing up blood (classically seen as pink or red, frothy sputum), excessive sweating, anxiety, and pale skin. Other signs include end-inspiratory crackles (crackling sounds heard at the end of a deep breath) on auscultation and the presence of a third heart sound .

  7. Pulmonary contusion - Wikipedia

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    Wheezing and coughing are other signs. [12] Coughing up blood or bloody sputum is present in up to half of cases. [12] Cardiac output (the volume of blood pumped by the heart) may be reduced, [11] and hypotension (low blood pressure) is frequently present. [6]

  8. Adenocarcinoma of the lung - Wikipedia

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    The signs and symptoms of this specific type of lung cancer are similar to other forms of lung cancer, and patients most commonly complain of persistent cough and shortness of breath. Adenocarcinoma is more common in patients with a history of cigarette smoking, and is the most common form of lung cancer in younger women and Asian populations.

  9. Pneumonic plague - Wikipedia

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    The most apparent symptom of pneumonic plague is coughing, often with hemoptysis (coughing up blood). With pneumonic plague, the first signs of illness are fever, headache, weakness and rapidly developing pneumonia with shortness of breath, chest pain, cough and sometimes bloody or watery sputum.