Spitting blood-tinged mucus

[john8938]

Hi, recently I have been spitting out blood-tinged mucus, which I believe is draining from the back of my nose. It's generally no more than a drop or two of blood. It first happened a few months ago but cleared up on its own. It has started happening again recently and has been much more frequent, around 8 times over the past 2 weeks, and I often have a taste of blood in my mouth. I have tried decongestant spray and saline spray, neither seems to help. I have not been feeling sick at all and am otherwise a pretty healthy 30 year old male and have not had a nosebleed since I was a child. My doctor looked into my nose and couldn't see anything so I am going to an ENT specialist in a few weeks. This is giving me a bit of anxiety because I have no idea what it could be. Should I be worried?

[john8938]

He was pretty confident it was nothing to worry about but checked my sinuses with a CT scan and a camera scope just to be sure. He said it could be due to breathing dry air or some sort of trauma or something along those lines. The problem eventually cleared up on its own and hasn't come back.

[denzen123]

hi john , i am facing a similar problem like you, can you share what your ENT specialist  suggested you after evaluation..

Please reply or drop me a email

[Paderla Anitha, DNB]

Hello and hope you are doing well.

Spitting up blood could be due to an infection a sinus infection or a lung infection. Sometimes trauma to the lungs can cause this or it could just be throat irritation. It could also be due to bleeding disorders or due to certain medications. Would advise you to consult your primary care physician for evaluation and therapy. He may ask for blood counts with bleeding and clotting time. He may even ask for an X ray chest.

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.