Hemoptysis in children?

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Hemoptysis is due to the airway, including trachea, bronchus, alveolar hemorrhage, hemoptysis through the airway. Hemoptysis is one of the symptoms of respiratory diseases, which is less common in children than in adults. But once children have hemoptysis, they have to pay attention to it. Hemoptysis in children? Let's talk about it.

Hemoptysis in children?

Inflammation destroys the surface of the airway mucosa and erodes the nearby blood vessels. Under the promotion of cough, hemoptysis is caused by blood vessel rupture and bleeding, and the mild manifestation is blood clots and blood filaments in the sputum. Usually the blood is pink or red, sometimes blood mixed with lung secretions to produce pink foam like sputum. Serious causes massive hemoptysis, even suffocation and life-threatening.

It is worth noting that a small amount of hemoptysis does not mean that the disease is not serious, such as severe pulmonary hemorrhage or even no hemoptysis symptoms, that is to say, the severity of airway bleeding is not consistent with the amount of hemoptysis. In addition, foreign bodies in trachea and bronchus, bronchiectasis, congenital bronchus, lung malformation, parasitic infection, cardiovascular diseases, abdominal diseases, and hematological diseases can also be manifested as hemoptysis.

First of all, we need to distinguish whether it is hemoptysis or hematemesis. Indeed, some parents can not clearly explain whether the blood is cough or vomit. Hematemesis refers to massive hemorrhage in the upper part of esophagus, stomach or duodenum. Blood is stored in the stomach, stimulating the nerves in the gastric wall, causing nausea and hematemesis. The hematemesis is usually dark red or brown, mixed with food, accompanied by epigastric discomfort and black stool. The stool is black, like a liquid.

matters needing attention

Pay attention to children's hemoptysis is largely caused by parents' inattention, minor illness causes serious illness, so as a child's parents, if the child is sick, it should be treated in time, do not wait for serious illness to regret.