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Blood in cough
Dear Doctor, My father has cold cough since last 10 days. X-ray on the last 31st showed phlegm in the chest. So a medicine doctor told him to take amoxicillin and potassium tablets. After taking that tablet yesterday morning and afternoon he suddenly coughed up a lot of blood. So when we contacted the doctor, his assistant told us to take amoxicillin and potassium injection and pause 500 tablets. Even after giving such medicine, blood is still coming in a small amount, although not as much as before. I searched the internet about this and found that site effects of amoxicillin can cause bleeding. My question is, can this sudden bleeding be due to the site effect of amoxicillin? And what should I do now? My father age- 65
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Take a consultation with pulmonologist for better evaluation and treatment
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get a chest xray urgently and consult
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Hi. I understand your concern. Do a online consult for a detailed analysis of your symptoms and reports to suggest you further management plan and treatment prescription for the same
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Dr. Sivaraj Karri
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10 yrs exp
Kakinada
Bleeding due to amoxycillin is rare. Bleeding might be due to lung pathology
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consult a pulmonologist for further evaluation
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
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Hyderabad
He needs certain investigations.pl consult pulmonologist with detailed history and reports and treatment taken for better evaluation and treatment.
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