Question regarding Blood in Phlegm

[sorcerer]

Hi,

First of all I am 22 years old and a non smoker.
I had caught a realllly bad throat infection and cold (WITHOUT COUGH). One day, in the morning, I suffered from the same throat infection then I gathered some phlegm and spit, I saw some blood streaks. This happened twice. I had showed the problem to two doctors and they say nothing's the matter, its just due to the bad throat infection, and they gave me throat infection relieving drugs. I had my X Rays, and blood tests done with the doctors. I had no cough, and the drugs they gave me for throat infection cured it. The very mention of blood scares me....could there be any other reason?

[National Jewish]

While there are always other possible reasons for blood streaks in phlegm, the one given to you by your doctors is, by far, the most likely.

[celticmom]

If you aren't coughing then it sounds unlikely it is coming from your chest.  Even if it was, most of the time it's from a broken vessel from coughing so hard.  I cough up blood sometimes from sinus drainage.  The blood in my sinuses (also from broken vessels for various reasons, drains down my throat, so when I cough it out, it appears that it came out of my lungs.  

I really wouldn't worry about it unless it doesn't clear up after a while.

[grumpsie]

have pink color in mucus in morning