'Doctor Now!' did not seem to work.

Ginzue

So, a little history.

I've been very ill for the past two months, first starting with Mono, then getting strep, now I have some type of soar throat that is making me cough up dark red and sometimes bright red blood.

I went to the doc and they gave me some nasal steroids. A short term one which is to be used no more than three days, and long term FloNase. My problem is that the blood problem is quite painful, and I can not sleep for more than three hours without having a induced panic attack from not being able to breath in my sleep. Its pretty hellish. It feels like there is a cold glue in my soft pallet.

Any ideas on what is wrong, and how long it would take for me to get better?

PS. I just quit smoking, and I only smoked socially for a year. Not sure if that has anything to do with it or not but who knows.

Thanatos

o_O

Get a second opinion?

Are you in the U.S.?

tracertong

R.I.P. Ginzue

second opinion or emergency room

Dalboz

If it's what I think it is you're describing, it's a result of the mono virus. When I had mono, I developed extremely painful ulcerations in my throat. I still get them from time to time (I've got one now, as a matter of fact). Try gargling with lukewarm salt water to sterilize and drain it. It's also possible that the nasal medication could be drying out the lining and causing a minor post-nasal drip of blood, which you are then coughing up. It could be all of these combined.

Since you are already under treatment, I would bring it up to your doctor to be safe. This is just my own speculation and shouldn't really be taken as "medical advice."

Improvolone

From a friend who had mono when asked if this sounds like some after affect of mono, "fuck no"

Thanatos

Yeah, I don't think an emergency room visit should be entirely out of the question. Call your doctor's office first, though, and ask if these are normal side effects.

matt has a problem

Bright red blood means it's highly oxygenated. Which means it's probably coming from your lungs. You need to go to a different doctor, or if you can't get an appointment any time soon, go to the ER, and tell them "I'm regularly coughing up blood and it's extremely painful." If they don't do a chest x-ray, go to a different doctor or ER.

starmanbrand

..I think it being bright red just means its fresh. The dark blood would be dried.

Daemonion

Bright red is arterial blood. Dark is from capillaries.

Also, add another vote to emergency room.

Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud

Coughing up blood is always... ALWAYS... a sign to go to the ER.
The throat soreness is from a secondary infection by streptococcus. Often times, mono is followed by secondary infections because your immune system is fucked right now. In short, go to the freaking ER.

Dark Moon

Improvolone wrote: »

From a friend who had mono when asked if this sounds like some after affect of mono, "fuck no"

Mono can crop up with a wide variety of symptoms. That being said, hemorrhaging in your throat is not one of the normal symptoms. This is good cause for a very prompt visit to the doctor. That the bleeding is significant enough that it's interfering with your breathing, however, is good cause for a visit to the ER right now. Just tell them you're coughing up arterial blood in significant enough quantities that it's interfering with your breathing and they will rush you right in. Before you get there, avoid taking blood thinners (aspirin, alcohol) like the plague.

Ginzue

Thanks for the help. I called the old family doctor (right now I just have uni-clinic doctors). He said this was uncommon, but known to happen if you happen to get mono and strep and then on top of that I had a new virus that was making me sick for the past week or so. Long story short its okay and the wound at the edge of my soft pallet should be healing.


Thankfully I had no blood come out of my face this morning! I actually slept well too...

Thanks for the help, I guess I'll live.