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Small Amount Bright Red Blood in Sputum Mixed with Clear

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: 7 hours ago | Replies (8)
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@healthybon

pmmar1 thanks so much for your comforting comments. I'm sending a sputum sample to NJH just in case...I went there in the past year, so they will test my sputum for me as well as Dr. Swenson's office too. Seems to be light green/yellow too..so it makes me feel better to have the sputum tested. Anything that will help get rid of anxiety with this disease.

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Nov 27, 2023

Hello Bon, Did the hemoptysis stop after that single episode? If so, I don't know what you might learn from a sputum culture. The usual diagnostic tools for continued or severe hemoptysis are a CT, followed if necessary by a bronchoscopy (not a fun test) to see if there are any areas with clusters of weakened blood vessels.

I'm surprised you were able to get orders from both NJH and Dr. Swenson to do sputum cultures for hemoptysis. Also, did you let both NJH and Dr Swenson know you stopped the antibiotics? That would be an important piece of information for them to have, because if the hemoptysis continues it may mean your MAC is getting worse.

Sue

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