blood in saliva

[marty11]

I have recently been experiencing the taste of blood in my mouth.  When I spit out, I am seeing traces of blood.  I had chest x-rays that came out clear.  I saw an ear nose throat doctor who checked my nose and throat and saw nothing except excess mucous.  He prescribed a nasal spray for me.  I have been using it for about two weeks now, and am still seeing and tasting the blood.  I am also experiencing some pressure in my throat.  Any suggestions on who to see or what could be going on?

[HelpPleaseIfeelsick]

Hey marty, I was originally going to suggest it could possibly be an ulser in your stomach as this would cause bleeding of the stomach and blood would come up to the mouth, but I'd also say that it could possibly be an infection of some kind that is making the lining of your throat and nose get dry or irritated and bleed but then they are trying to help this out by producing excess mucous, do you smoke?  Or do you work in an environment where theres harmful materials like sawdust, or carbon fiber?  Also it could be that it has something to do with your lungs, hope this helps.  Your doctor shouldn't just be checking your mouth and throat I'm not a doctor and I know theres a lot more places blood could be coming from.

[marty11]

Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunately, I am an occassional smoker.  If it were a stomach ulcer, wouldn't I be experiencing other symptoms?  The ENT doctor said to give it two more weeks on the nasal spray.  If it doesn't get better, I think he was going to send me for a cat scan or GI doctor.

[ray74]

MY UNCLE HAD SOMETHING LIKE THAT IT WAS A SINIUS INFECTION AND IF UNDETECATED COULD RESULT IN DEATH THEIR IS ANTIBIOTICS THAT HE TOOK AND IT WAS CLEARED UP.

[Anthony K]

Marty11, I have the same problem now. I saw my Primary Doc and my chest x-ray came out normal. I'm going to see an ear, nose throat doc soon. I'ts annoying and very uncomfortable. Kindly update us if they're able to find out the source of the blood okay?
Thanks.

[Donny33]

I also am having blood in my spit.  I've been to an ENT, a gastroentorologist, and my primary care.  I've been scoped every which way.  No sinus bleeding, no stomach or ulcer bleeding, clean chest xray and semi clean CT scan.  The CT scan came back with enlarged nasal walls, which are symptomatic of a person with constant allergies and sinus problems, which is me.  The ENT put me on a nasal spray as well, to hopefully reduce that and I'm going for another CT scan in 6 weeks.  If the walls have enlarged, then we are going to biopsy it as it may result in a tumor.  If it is the same or reduced, it'll show that it is nothing more than an irriation.  Either way, the blood is most likely not coming from there.  It happens to me before I go to bed and when I wake up, and usually happens every 3 weeks or so.  I've made an appointment to see my dentist next week.  I don't think it is, although I hope its just my gums.  Everything else has nearly been ruled out, and it is becoming freakish.

[darlingdivatx]

Could be coming directly from you salivary glands. It's possible to have an infection there. Might see a denist. Also if it's your gums this could be a sign that you have a b12 deficiency. Hope this helps. Keep us posted.

[Johnnoss]

Hi guys - I've had traces of blood in saliva over the years on & off for about 4 years.
Just recently ( last week ) really pronounced - not just traces but discolouring when I spit. Also is the worrying dull vague pain left hand side, behind last rib - feels like something not right. Been there a couple years but co-incided with escalation of blood traces. I am worried !!!

[Raj73]

I have the same problem. If you do the hard tooth brushing in the morning in all the places, It stopped the blood from Saliva. But hard brushing you should do only few minutes otherwise enamal will go away which cause tooth sensitivity. Hope this helps.

[matrix100973]

hi donny what happen to your visit to your dentist?what was the result?

[getting2old]

I know this is an old post so I'm not sure if anyone found out what this is or not. I also am having this problem. My doctor sent me to a gastric doctor who said I was in the wrong place as blood will not come up unless you are throwing up. He suggested the ear/nose/throat dr. I had an appointment I had to cancel and I thought it had gone away til today when it happened twice. It was only happening at night I would wake up with that taste and spit. Now it's coming during the day. I do not smoke or have allergies. I do feel something is not right in my throat area. I get this hard awful cramp under my chin when I yawn that is coming more and more. I also check any area around my teeth to see if that is what it is and it's not. It is starting to scare me too!! My throat never seems sore and my nasal passage never seems stuffed up at all...strange. I'm over 50 when all this good stuff starts happening darn it!!

[jjb0606]

I don't think anyone will respond to these posts anymore, hopefully someone else does besides you and me. It just so happened that I came accross your post, I was checking if anyone else had the same problem as I'm having and looks like I'm not alone. I had the same problem too, I'd have the taste of blood in my mouth in the mornings but it has stopped. But now I have it during the day, not all the time though, it is very sporadic, it's a sudden rush of blood in the mouth and when I spit there's traces of blood in the saliva. Good luck with your ENT, let us know how it goes. I haven't seen a doctor yet, I've been having this problem over a year now. Eventually, I will see one.

[lestermay]

hi. i am just now experiencing this problem with my 13 year old son. he is a hypocondriac about himself so it makes things so much more intense. he also for the last 3 night has had traces of blood, both bright red and a brownish red, in his saliva. he also complains of sore achy legs and a sore throat at times. i am giving it one more night to see if this happens again and if so i will take him to the doctor right away. if you guys find out more about your same symptoms let me know, i too will keep you updated. good luck all.

[sales09]

does anyone found the problem? I am at 18 and I have the same problem. I don't smoke cigarettes. I see blood in my saliva. I am very worried. Please if anyone know what is it to post comment here. Thank you.

[doctornee medical]

Hi
Welcome to the forum!
Bright red blood commonly seen after eating or brushing is due to Vitamin C deficiency. If you take the supplements, it will help. Also maintain good oral hygiene. Another cause can be pyorrhea or infection of gums.
If the blood is dark then it could be due to gastric reflux.
Hope this helps. It is difficult to comment beyond this at this stage. Do discuss this with your doctor or dentist. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!

[sales09]

dear doctornee medical,
Thank you for your reply. I saw the blood for first time on 30th may this year. I see the blood just 1-2 times daily, but not everyday. Suddenly I sense a taste of blood in my mouth. Often it happens when I bow down. The blood is bright. I feel my throat dry. I went to doctor before 1 month and I told him everything and he gave me an antibiotic (spray for throat) named Bioparox. I used it 10 days, and then 3 weeks I didn't feel taste of blood and I dind't notice a blood in my saliva, but now it's happening again. I think it might be gastritis, but I am not noticing any strange feelings, pains, or whatever else strange. I am hearing for Vitamin C deficiency for first time from you, but you might be right, because really I eat mostly things from the shop, I mean biscuits, wafers and so on, but I don't eat fruits and vegetables. And I have noticed before a strange colour of my saliva (I think it was a little dark), but now it's OK. Now my saliva is clearly white (except when it's mixed with blood). I think to go to dentist, but I sense that the blood is coming from my throat, or maybe I mistake, because I heard from others that frequently it's unnoticeable when it comes from dums. Today I looked my teeth in the mirror and I saw that I have caries in 2 of my teeth and I know that I have 3 teeth that are growing from my dums. After all, sorry for my bad english.
See you.

[Mak01]

Greetings to all..

I have the same problem. I see blood traces in my saliva only in the morning when i wake up from sleep. Now its over 4 years! (Not every morning but atleast thrice in a week. I visited all the possible clinics. my doctor said three years ago that I have Eosinophilia with increased number of Eosinophils. Gave some medication but never helped! one of the other doctors suggested that it may possibly lead to Tumour. God knows! no change in it from last 4 yrs. guys if somebody know some thing more about it. please lemme know..

Sorry I forgot to write, I never smoke neither drink! and I am 23 yrs old!

Take care guys!!
Mak :-))

[sales09]

Hello,

I am from Bulgaria. I tried to find anything about the blood in saliva in Bulgarian sites through google, but found just 1 forum with just 1 man with same problem, and nobody was knowing the cause. Then I looked in google.com in english, but I found just 4-5 web sites like this with this problem. I think there are so few people that suffer from that. Doctors don't know the solution.. Really it's very strange. Maybe it's not something serious, but I can't be calm unless I know what is the problem. Keep in touch.

[sales09]

is it possible to be cancer? :-(

[pengyou]

I would invite all of you who experienced this problem of bloody saliva to continue to reporting your sympotom. It will be great if this problem is located.

[sales09]

Hello everybody,

Today, as every day, I saw blood in my saliva, and this time there was something strange. I saw something deep red coming with the blood, like a part of something. It was very thin, like a thin paper, and with a size of a little crumb. I think to go to doctor soon :(

[sales09]

Hello, guys.
I experienced how to reduce/remove the blood. 2 nights I inhale steam from boiling water with soda. I do it about 10 minutes. The next day I did not experienced blood in my saliva, just felt 2 times a taste of blood, but when I spitted out, the saliva was white. Today I saw a little blood (too bright) in my saliva, but just once. I heard that its better water + chestnuts and to inhale the steam from the water. I am going to try it tomorrow. From 3 days I feel some weak pain in my stomach from time to time, last night I woke up at 4 a.m. and for about 10 minutes I felt the pain. But suddenly disappeared. It happened when the temeperatures felt down too fast. Is it possible to be chill.

Good night

[sales09]

and I forgot to tell you that I agree with ray74, it's most likely to be sinusitis.

[nafertiti]

i have the same problem. have had it for 4 years. have seen 3 doctors(general practitioners), ENT specialists, dentists and even tried alternative medicine( herbal medicine) and i still have it. the discoloration seems to be worsening. I haven't seen a doctor here in the states and will be grateful if someone points me in the right direction.

[Rabeya]

i am also having this problem for a long time. i am 19/F. i hace a gassy stomach as well. i am too much worried about it like having cancerophobia

[sales09]

Hello everybody. For some reason, from 2 weeks I don't see blood and I don't have taste of blood in my mouth. But today (for 2nd time) I saw something little with the size of dandruff in red colour in my saliva. When I touched it a red colour blended with my saliva I mean when I touched (pressed it) it "decomposed", something like when you dip a brush soaked with red water-colours to a clear water. Any idea?

[Nechmad]

Suffering from the very same problem for the past few weeks and I am relieved!
I am relieved from the reason that non of you mentioned a terrible cause!
10 days ago I started to goggle with water and Extra strong Dead Sea salt.The blood is nearly gone and I even feel less stressed I never- smoke neither drink!

[Charles878]

I had a similar question that I posted in the forum a couple years ago. I would see blood in my saliva in the morning and at night, and it went on for at least a year and half before I got it checked out. I was diagnoised with G.E.R.D( acid reflux disease). Since then I try not to eat big meals and I sleep with my head propped up on pillows when I sleep. Also, I looked up folk remedies for acid reflux and learned about apple cider vinager. I have supplemented ACV into my diet and have not seen blood traces in months, although I still feel symptoms...but I suppose it's something a person has to learn to live with.

[sales09]

maybe you're right. Do you feel a taste of blood from time to time (especially when you bow down or stand up too fast)? I taste it often then.

[mscorona]

I have had exact same symptoms as you, im 24/F blood always in my saliva in the mornings and rarely sometimes during the day my throat is really dry in the morning and at night i am always thirsty for this reason and had no luck with doctors since they told me it was allergies but i have no allergies or nasal problems i got an ultrasound done on my throat with nothing wrong, i always check my teeth and gum's in the morning for bleeding but find nothing, now i find clumps of blood clots in my saliva the size of bread crumbs and this has been going on for almost 5yrs i dont know if you or anyone has found the cause of this but I am getting more worried. I have never smoked and rarely drink

[sales09]

Hi all. A doctor made me blood test, and nothing unusual, just my haemoglobin is 138.0 (normal 140-180) and erythrocite 4.44 (normal 4.6-6.2). Everything else seems to be normal. The doctor said that I have a quickened pulse of my heart (I forgot to ask him about the beats per minute). I feel the taste of blood yet, especially when I stand up.

[sales09]

and sometimes I feel pain in my stomach. Any ideas?

[pengyou]

I realized that my bloody saliva is due to the mouth bleeding. It is however not from my gum accrding to my dentist. So now I am trying to understand why my mouth is bleeding.

[sales09]

Hello everybody. Is there a doctor here? I feel pain in the left side a little under my navel from time to time. Any suggestions? I think the blood is more than before :( I am really very worried.

[Mix13]

Hi all,

I've been having the same problems for months now. sometimes even during my normal day my saliva tastes of blood and there will usually be traces of blood. Also, when i go to sleep, when i wake in between i would realise that i have not been swallowing my saliva because it burns the back of my throat and when i spits up what have been gathered there it has traces of blood.

i have not consulted a doctor for this reason because i'm scared of what the results may be.

any thoughts?

[sales09]

better go to doctor, otherwise it can be late. None of us found what is the problem... Very strange.

[sales09]

                                       !!!PLEASE READ THIS POST!!!



Hello everybody. I was suffering from this about 5-6 months, and as you know, nobody could find the problem. BUT AT LAST, I THINK THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED! I went to my dentist before a week, and told him what is the problem (same syptoms (symptoms) as yours). He asked me if I had problems with the stomach and so on.. And he decided to give me some pills, a special toothpaste, and a special water. I did everything he told me, and after 2 days after I became taking the pills, the blood gone.. I will tell you what I did and the blood disappeared! READ CAREFULLY THE LIST:

1. These pills http://www.actavis.bg/bg/products/Bi-Rovamet.htm (sorry, but it's in Bulgarian, maybe you can find the similar). You must take them twice a day (mornings and evenings after breakfast and dinner).
2. These pills http://www.actavis.bg/bg/products/Rutascorbin.htm (again in bulgarian). You must take them 3 times a day (mornings, afternoons and evenings) after eating.
3. Buy this toothpaste http://dentalcatalog.lookingfordental.com/viewcompany.php?Id=37548 named "Paradontax" (the taste is not sweet as others, but it's made especially for medical treatment
4. Buy this water http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/health-and-beauty/unbranded-eludril-mouthwash-250ml.asp named "Eludril" and follow the instructions. After you brush your teeth with the toothpaste, take this water to your mouth (you must mix it with normal water first) and stay about 10-15 mins with it, but don't swallow it.

That's it. If you have mouth problems (as I see I have the same problem, please don't say yourself "it's not from the gyms", because I thought it comes from inside me, but I was wrong). I reccomend you to go to dentist and ask for these pills or the similar. Hope this helps to all of you, too.

See you..

[sales09]

Edit: "gyms" -> "gums" Sorry for the mistake.

[glin]

I have been having the same problem for the last 6 months(probabily).it's on and off. my family doctor didn't find any problem with my gum. my dentist didn't find anything wrong either. I took x-ray(chest) and blood test last week and am currently still waiting for the result.

I am 40/M, don't smoke,drink a little, feel healthy.

[BigBoy79]

Hi,
Im a 30 yr old male - Small concentrated amounts of blood in saliva in AM/PM...(noticed recently)  And not all the time but enough to scare me. The rest of my spit will be clear as a bell, but there will be a spot that appers phlegm-like that is red.
I smoked pretty good in years past (college) and only occasionally now.
I chew sometimes and havent been to a dentist in 10+ yrs but have no cavities and no tooth aches and gums seem fine.
Fear of what the diagnosis will be and lack of insurance has me NOT at the doctor. (real smart, huh?)
I'm banking on the old "time heals all wounds" saying but for this it may not be applicable!
Ive read the whole post... Any new info to share???????