Diagnostic approach to solving the puzzle of<unk> . * Past history, history of present illness, family history * history of tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, chronic bronchitis, mitral stenosis, etc. * history of cigarette smoking, occupational diseases by exposure to silica dust, etc. * Blood * duration, frequency, amount * Amounts of blood: large amounts of blood, or is there blood-streaked sputum * Probable source of bleeding: Is the blood coughed up, or vomited? * Bloody sputum * color, characters: blood-streaked, fresh blood, frothy pink, bloody gelatinous. * Accompanying symptoms * fever, chest pain, coughing, purulent sputum, mucocutaneous bleeding, jaundice. * Imaging examination * chest X-ray, CT scan and 3D reconstruction images or CT virtual bronchoscopy, bronchial angiography. * Laboratory tests * blood test: WBC * Sputum: cells and bacterial examinations, sputum culture * Bronchial fiber endoscopy
Hemoptysis
Nosebleed
Chronic cough
Subcutaneous emphysema
Hydrothorax
Air bronchogram
Nasal congestion
Post-nasal drip