Small ammount of blood in mouth, please help.

[exile]

Let me start out by saying I am a 32 year old male with 3 daughters and a wife.  I work alot and have a pretty stressful life.  With that being said 15 months ago I got a strange ache in the left side of my neck that would come and go from day to day.  I didn't worry about it too much, then one day about 6 months ago I had a very small amount of blood that just showed up in my mouth while me and the family were watching TV. I started getting worried about it and got an upper GI and a chest x-ray done.  The doctor took a biopcy of my stomach lining and my upper esophagus, everything came back normal except my stomach acid was a little elevated I think is what he called it.  He said it was probably stress... My throat condition went away when I found out it wasnt cancer.  Well about a month and a half ago my chest started feeling real tight around my sternum which worried me but after reading that it was probably stress I found that I can calm myself and the pain/tightness goes away.  I thought that the blood in my mouth had went away also but it is still here.  I can be at work or at home watching tv it doesn't matter, the blood just comes from no where every 1-4 days apart.  I spit into a paper towel at the first taste of the blood the other day, the circle of spit was around 2" and the blood was brownish in tint and about the size of a pea in the saliva at first.  As I spit the second and third time the saliva was reddish in color througout but very light red.  I have no pain in my body now except my chest at times which seems to be controlable but from time to time I still have this blood in my mouth.  I have no bleeding when I brush my teeth by the way and sometime I will have blood in my mouth in the mornings but not much.  Any help would be soooo appreciated!!  

[vicky06]

my eye visions are not clear recently..and paining too....some black impressions are seen and headache too...

[vicky06]

helo...while spitting i have seen blood in saliva..chest xray is normal....i have sinus prob...and recently eye probs and headache too..  

[Dr Santos]

Hi,
How are you? Hemoptysis or coughing up blood from the respiratory tract may be caused by a number of conditions, diseases, and medical tests. This is not the same as bleeding from the mouth, throat, or gastrointestinal tract. Aside from tuberculosis, other conditions leading to this include blood clot in the lung, Bronchiectasis,  Bronchitis, vasculitis, pneumonia,laryngitis, and even from irritation of the throat from violent coughing.
For proper diagnosis, diagnostic tests  such as bronchoscopy, Ct scan, lung scan and pulmonary arteriography may also be done. If your symptoms persist, check with your doctor for proper evaluation. Direct clinical examination is important. Take care and do keep us posted.

[umsomi]

i have had tubercolosis twice in my life, first at 8 then when I was 37. I was treated and tested negative both times.
now I have developed a habit of spitting blood particularly in the morning today I have been feeling pains in my abdomen and at the lower back. I am worried really and need help.

[Dr Santos]

Hi,
How are you? It is good that your tests and x-ray were fine. Hemoptysis or bloody sputum can be due to infection in the lungs and airways, such as acute bronchitis or pneumonia. If there was no trauma to the lung, other causes include  Amyloidosis,  Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), lung cancer, tuberculosis and Wegener's Granulomatosis. I recommend that you have a complete lung evaluation for proper management.  Treatment usually depends on the underlying cause. Take care and do keep us posted.