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A member asked:

Hello doctor, i am not sick or anything. but i woke up spitting up blood what does that mean?

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Dr. Dale Tylor answered

Specializes in ENT - Head & Neck Surgery - Pediatric

Get checked out: That can happen for any number of reasons, some harmless and some serious. It can come from the nose, tongue, tonsils, throat, lungs or stomach. You may need to have a chest xray, TB test, and to have ENT or other doctors check for a source of the bleeding. This isn't something to ignore.

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Answered 11/17/2017

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