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Have MAC and coughing up blood

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Jan 26, 2023 | Replies (33)
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@marciefincher

I have bronchiectasis. My the last two weeks I have been coughing up red blood. Not tingles but quarter size pieces. This has happened a few times before but not on a regular basis. I have a call in to Mayo and am waiting to hear back. Has anyone else has this happen to them?

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Apr 12, 2020

Hi @marciefincher, I moved your message and all the replies you got to this previous discussion about coughing up blood to bring everyone together. 🙂

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lorifilipek | @lorifilipek | Apr 13, 2020

@marciefincher I've coughed up about 2-3 TBS blood twice over the past 3 years (a combination of red blood and clots). The first time, I went to the ER and that, eventually, led (after about 1 ½ yrs) to the diagnosis of bronchiectasis and MAC. I cough in the mornings, but don’t really have any other symptoms and don’t take any antibiotics. I exercise/walk 2-3 miles daily. I've been investigating whether coughing up blood may actually be a good thing in MAC. In my reading of MAC articles, I found one called "Retrospective study of the predictors of mortality and radiographic deterioration in 782 patients with nodular/brochiectatic MAC lung disease" by Gochi et al. ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26246077 ) From the article, very few people seemed to die of MAC-related issues. The women with bloody sputum fared the best. I'm trying to find out why.

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