A persistent cough could be a sign of either allergies or tuberculosis (TB). While allergic coughs are dry and triggered by ...

Coughing up blood, medically known as hemoptysis, involves coughing or spitting up blood or blood-streaked mucus from your respiratory tract (i.e. lungs and airways). Coughed-up blood may appear ...

Hemoptysis, lasting for only a few minutes, occurred commonly. In general, the specimen obtained at transtracheal aspiration was small (0.5 to 3.0 ml.), and it was usually less viscid than sputum ...

Unlike normal cough, tuberculosis is usually accompanied by typical symptoms such as fever, shivering, night sweats, loss of ...