A member asked:

My mom went to the hospital and they diagnosed her with pneumonia and she is coughing up blood is normal and its not a little either should i be con?

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Hemoptysis: Coughing up blood is not typical of pneumonia although it can happen with advancing age and explosive coughing and infection. The quantity can also be significant. Speak with her treating physician.

Answered 8/19/2013

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