Dear All, from my File Cabinet re: Blood .. Hugs to all! Katherine

BLOOD/BLEEDING/BRONCHIECTASIS From Member @colapyrus, Jan I have also had hemoptysis (Hemoptysis is the coughing up of blood or blood-stained mucus from the bronchi, larynx, trachea, or lungs) – several times this past year. It usually lasts about 15 minutes and then stops on its own. When I was at NJH in May they said it will stop about 80% of the time on its own and 20% of the time you need some help. In my case I was told to lie on my right side (because my bronchiectasis is in my right middle lobe) then go to a hospital with intervention radiology. They can stop the bleeding by ‘plugging’ the blood vessel. Just wanted to pass that on. Jan **NOTE: : for those of us with Bronchiectasis .. might it be a wise precautionary measure to at least call our closest ER .. ASK if they have an interventional radiologist? Otherwise when we get there we are out of luck! (Interventional radiology is a medical sub-specialty of radiology utilizing minimally-invasive image-guided procedures to diagnose and treat diseases in nearly every organ system.)