Josh had an episode of hemoptysis tonight. I know I've read a ton of posts on this, but when it happens...OMG!!
Josh had gone to bed, but was having a tickly, irritating cough. All of a sudden, he coughed hard and threw up, and then threw up blood! It didn't stop for several minutes, he kept coughing and spitting. AT one point he couldn't breathe. All together, it seemed like about 2-3 Tablespoons of blood. AFter hearing about the quantities some of you describe, I know its probably not much, but WOW does it look awful! When it was over, he said he felt much better.
The doctor asked a bunch of questions and said its not something to worry about (easy for him to say). He said take Vit K everyday for a while.
Now my question for you guys... what can someone watching this do to help? How do you avoid this happening? I'm sure he was trying to cough away the tickle and made it worse, but could the tickle he felt be the cause of the blood? Its all new to us.
Thanks guys
Josh had gone to bed, but was having a tickly, irritating cough. All of a sudden, he coughed hard and threw up, and then threw up blood! It didn't stop for several minutes, he kept coughing and spitting. AT one point he couldn't breathe. All together, it seemed like about 2-3 Tablespoons of blood. AFter hearing about the quantities some of you describe, I know its probably not much, but WOW does it look awful! When it was over, he said he felt much better.
The doctor asked a bunch of questions and said its not something to worry about (easy for him to say). He said take Vit K everyday for a while.
Now my question for you guys... what can someone watching this do to help? How do you avoid this happening? I'm sure he was trying to cough away the tickle and made it worse, but could the tickle he felt be the cause of the blood? Its all new to us.
Thanks guys