hi i am suffering from cough and cold from the past one week.i am coughing out a little bit of blood in the morning while washing my mouth.i have fever twice or thrice during the day and feel very weak.can you tell me what i should do?i do smoke also thrice daily.
Hello,first I have to make clear that in cases like yours, a visit to your doctor is absolutely needed to exclude serious conditions, like the ones I'll mention below. A very common cause of cough and cold symptoms with fever is influenza (the flu). Influenza may cause anything between a mild disease with few symptoms to a debilitating disease which could rarely be fatal. Blood in the sputum is not a good sign and pneumonia has to be excluded. Bacterial pneumonia is another concern because of the fever and the blood. Clinical examination and a chest X-ray may confirm or exclude it. Antibiotic treatment is warranted in bacterial pneumonia. Cancer is rarely a concern, but it is possible when the patient (particularly a smoker) spits out blood. Radiological tests are very important. Finally, other viral infections may present with the same symptoms and no treatment is required because there is none, and they are self limiting conditions. Less common causes may apply to you, but they are much rarer to consider now. I hope I've helped! Best wishes for a speedy recovery!