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Every day I cough up what looks like a scab with ugly mucous and blood

Posted by needtoknow @needtoknow, Feb 10, 2016

Every day I cough up what looks like a scab with ugly mucous and tiny amounts of blood. It seems to come from the back of my throat or nose. My doctor has seen the scab but does not see anything wrong. This, to me, seems really odd. Has anyone had this problem?

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tykissy | @tykissy | Oct 25, 2023
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I was excited to see someone use the word "diagnosis" since with all these people one seems to be lacking. However, I had my adenoids removed as a child. :/

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Thanks for sharing, I was happy to see diagnosis too until I read your post. Can adenoids grow back like tonsils can? It rare but it does happen.

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tykissy | @tykissy | Oct 25, 2023
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I have the same exact thing! Every about 6-12 days I'll cough another one up. I have pretty frequent nosebleeds as well, so mine usually have dried blood in them as well. My throat always hurts before and after I cough it out. Is this common for anyone else? It just feels raw and sore. I want to go to an ENT about this, but I really don't want to have to go through the whole "I've never seen this before" run around stuff. I don't have time/money/energy for that.
If anyone has gotten an actual diagnosis and viable treatment, please let us know!

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My throat hurts too, it’s feels like something has been ripped off…sore to swollen before. Some relief once that thing comes out of my mouth. Good luck 🌻

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tykissy | @tykissy | Oct 25, 2023

Hi to you all here, just wondering if any of you suffering with this problem of bring up mucus scabs also use a Sleep APNEA Machine? I do I’m wondering if that is causing the problem.

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evar1989 | @evar1989 | Oct 27, 2023
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Hey Everyone! I posted awhile ago about this happening to me for now the last 2 years. I as well had posted some information about Thornwaldt cyst/disease crusting type. So I ended up bringing this to my ENT and he agreed it sounded like that could be the problem. I was excited as the fix seemed fairly simple. We did the MRI and unfortunately it did not show a cyst, but my adenoids (Yes I still had mine) were inflamed so he suggested taking them out. Im pretty against removing adenoids but I went for it just bc this "thing" is literally ruining my life. Once I healed from the surgery the issue persisted and to some degree seems to have gotten worse. So back to the ENT I went... that's when he did actually see the opening (Cyst) he was able to suck the stuff "Scab" out of the hole and I had relief immediately. (I have some symptoms that dont seem to bug some of y'all with this tho.. Occasional pain in the area of the "scab", I can feel the opening, severe anxiety/panic Once the scab comes up it stops for a bit, and sometimes the "scab" will be stuck up there for weeks and I can physically feel it up there it just won't come up no matter how hard I try to get it up) He needed to speak with some other people so he put me on a steroid nasal rinse for 3 weeks and I will return on Tuesday to see what he thinks. He does not know why it didn't show on the MRI. He was a little perplexed at the time so I have a lot of questions for him on Tuesday. I'll let y'all know on Tuesday what he is thinking.

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Hey! Did you get rid of the problem eventually? Love to hear!

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dwood003 | @dwood003 | Oct 28, 2023
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Hi to you all here, just wondering if any of you suffering with this problem of bring up mucus scabs also use a Sleep APNEA Machine? I do I’m wondering if that is causing the problem.

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Hi Tykissy, all my life I have suffered with undiagnosed sleep apnea, the resulting consequences boggle my mind. In 2007, I had a sleep study and have been on CPAP and now APAP, I truly believe due to all my respitory problems it's keeping me alive.
The 1st time I had blood in the morning I cleared my throat and spit the plug in the sink I was alarmed. The next morning same thing, I went to my ENT, 1st Dr. available he ran a scope down thru my nose. no problem. I asked for a 2nd opinion, same thing. Next stop my pulmonologist and a CT scan, a mass growing on my left upper lobe , next a needle biopsy, cancer.
Your body js trying to tell you something, get help from a doctor!

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tykissy | @tykissy | Oct 28, 2023
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Hi Tykissy, all my life I have suffered with undiagnosed sleep apnea, the resulting consequences boggle my mind. In 2007, I had a sleep study and have been on CPAP and now APAP, I truly believe due to all my respitory problems it's keeping me alive.
The 1st time I had blood in the morning I cleared my throat and spit the plug in the sink I was alarmed. The next morning same thing, I went to my ENT, 1st Dr. available he ran a scope down thru my nose. no problem. I asked for a 2nd opinion, same thing. Next stop my pulmonologist and a CT scan, a mass growing on my left upper lobe , next a needle biopsy, cancer.
Your body js trying to tell you something, get help from a doctor!

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Thank you for taking the time to share your health experiences, it’s invaluable. Sending good wishes your way 💐 from Vicki

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hrob13721 | @hrob13721 | Oct 29, 2023

I’ve had this exact thing for at least 3 years now. Recently it has started being an every other day thing. Sometimes tinged with blood, always disc shaped with defined edges. I can’t believe we all have this and nobody can figure it out. I’m so over it at this point. It has went away for a few weeks when taking antibiotics for UTIs but always comes back with a vengeance. I absolutely hate it and nobody around me understands it. They think it’s just a sinus drip which it clearly is more than that. It literally chokes me when it comes up. I have psoriasis and do tend to get a lot of weird, rare things, so maybe it is an autoimmune thing? A few months ago I went to get prescribed shots for my psoriasis and they needed to do a blood test for tuberculosis. It came back positive so they sent me for a chest xray and another blood test and it came back negative. I was thinking maybe this was TB related but that’s off the table. I’m assuming they would have told me if they found anything in my chest xray that was out of the ordinary. My health anxiety is through the roof at this point and this weird crap is not helping the case. I really hope, for all our sakes, that we get answers. Just know you aren’t alone!

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sponkoney | @sponkoney | Oct 29, 2023
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Hi @momomouse, I do understand what you must be going through. I have what seems the exact same thing but only for a couple of months now. Had a bad cough the first time and ended up coughing the plug up and couldn’t believe what I was looking at. Over the next month or 2 it became less and less so I wasn’t too concerned as I thought I was still recovering until last week I got a sore throat and felt so miserable then it came again after hacking and gagging I coughed up a plug. I haven’t been to the doctors yet but I’m so glad I found this forum and I have some back up.
I wonder how you are all going now as these posts are from over 10 years ago. I hope you all found answers and that you might read this and give an update.
Photos with green ruler are from this time and the other 2 photos o are from 2 months ago. 🌻🌻🌻

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Have you seen a doctor yet? Mine looks the exact same as yours. I feel like constant post nasal drip, but I think it’s this glob hanging from the back of the throat. When it dislodges itself is when I either swallow it or cough it up.

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lizziel1 | @lizziel1 | Oct 30, 2023

I have the same thing occasionally, but mine comes out of my sinuses when I blow my nose.
I was never too alarmed over it. I figured it was a dry patch on the membranes that came off eventually. Could be wrong.

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tykissy | @tykissy | Oct 30, 2023
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I have the same thing occasionally, but mine comes out of my sinuses when I blow my nose.
I was never too alarmed over it. I figured it was a dry patch on the membranes that came off eventually. Could be wrong.

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Hi @lizziel1, I had what your experiencing from the sinuses too but I also have the other one. This one seems more around the adenoid area and is much thicker mucousy globy. It’s quite unbelievable what comes out! I’d say it would be hard to swallow as you gag when it eventually drops down/off. Thanks for sharing ☮️

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