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Hemoptysis - wonder what others do

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Mar 3 12:25pm | Replies (68)

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Have you tried taking a good Vitamin K2 supplement? I take K2 MK-4 every day. It is good for bleeding disorders and might help. I am pretty sure it has helped my episodes to stop or be very rare. You also need to take Vitamin D3 as they work together. But do not take them at the same time of the day. Both need to be taken with a fatty meal. Also anything you can do to keep inflammation down will help make those episodes less often. But again, your hemoptysis pattern is very typical with BE. A couple of TBLS followed by blood tinged sputum for another few days. It always clears up and resolves. It is an expected result of having BE and according to my pulmo (who specializes in BE, MAC and CF) nothing to worry about. Only if the blood is a large amount. That is very rare. As Sue advices your fear of it may be helped by a counselor.

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Thank you for your reply. It was helpful. I am wondering if you have any tips about how to keep the inflammation down. I am sort of lost on that. Thank you for your help. Karen

Hi again. Good information K2MK4. I just looked it up after reading your post and found that the brand NOW has it. What did you find that you preferred for yourself.? Yes I have K2 but did not know about the K2MK4. So far for me with only being into the mucus clearing for a little over a year, I have not had blood showing, hemoptysis. Dr. McShane would always ask me if I had blood showing up in the sputum. Dr. McShane should be in Bethesda at NIH by April.
Glad you mentioned and introduced me to K2MK4.
Thanks,
Barbara