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Should i be coughing blood after having a pneumothorax?
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Not really: Pneumothorax should mostly cause severe sob and chest pain, coughing blood can happen if it is traumatic causing mure severe injury or some pts can have pneumothorax and hemoptysis ie catamenial pneumothorax.
Answered 4/15/2012
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