NREMT Advanced EMT

Category - Medical Knowledge

Your patient is coughing up bright red blood and has cancer. What is this patient suffering from?
  1. Hypertension
  2. Hemoptysis
  3. Epistaxis
  4. Frank-Starling mechanism
Explanation
Answer - B - A patient coughing up bright red blood who has cancer is suffering from Hemoptysis. Hemoptysis is due to a disruption in the alveolar-capillary membrane. This is caused by certain degenerative diseases, such as tuberculosis or cancer, or by chest trauma.
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