Gallbladder surgery later pm Friday, came home Sat noon, persistent cough/irritation post surgery. it now now 2:30 a.m and i have coughed up some phlegm with very small amount of red in it. No fever or other unusual symptoms. Feel good, able to eat with no problems after. Have only needed 2 painkillers ( hydrocodone 5/325). I also have asthma - anesthesiologist warned me the tube snaked down during surgery could cause a flair up of asthma, but I only have a minor wheeze when i exhale hard. Lungs were (and seem to me) clear both pre and post surgery. I m wondering if coughing so hard from either reason above can break bloodvessels and that is how come i m seeing some blood in this phlegm; not teaspoons more like adding a pinch to the mix. Feel really good other than that, just tired since it is 2:40 a.m.
The medicines used in surgery and after surgery can trigger allergies there can be local reaction or infection of sinuses which bleeds mostly or local infection of food pipe or wind pipe which again cause these all will be good in 3 week add antiallergic montelukast 10 mg BD for 2 weekbronchodilator spy liquid antacid testis will help to control all antibiotics you must have taken after and during surgery no need to add