Hemoptysis - wonder what others do

Posted by wsbme74 @wsbme74, Jun 11, 2024

Hi. I have asthma and mild Bronchiectasis, diagnosed with the latter last year. I have had small spots of blood when clearly fighting an infection on a couple of occasions. However, the last couple of days, I have had a couple of bright red blood spots (not large, but always alarming!) in my clear mucus. I don't have a cough or fever. Noticing a little chest tightness but not a lot. I usually neb with levalbutirol followed by either 3% or 7% saline (usually a mix to get to about 5% as best tolerated) in the morning plus aerobika and breathing exercises and then aerobika and postural drainage in the evening. I sometimes neb in the evening as well - if I am fighting something or have been around potential germs, which I did twice this weekend.

I have held off using the saline over the last 24-hours as don't wish to aggravate the situation. But, of course, I also don't want to make things worse by not doing airway clearance! My pulmonologist isn't the most-versed in Bronchiectasis nor readily-available. But in Maine, they are all in short supply!

Just wondering what others do or have been instructed to do with any signs of hemoptysis when it's a small amount. Thanks!

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@annagh

The one question Dr. Winthrop (ID doctor at OHSU) asks me at every visit is, "Are you taking your vitamin D... with some fat?" I'm not sure how it connects with BE and MAC, but he certainly seems to feel it's important.
Anna

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D3 is very very important for your immune system and can help prevent infections etc. The reason I mentioned the K2 originally in this post is because it helps with blood clotting and this discussion was about Hemoptysis and when you take vitamin D3 it is best to take K2 as well. And yes with fatty meal and at separate meals. I was not posting about bone health but of course that is another good reason to supplement with them...

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