[JRandomFreeper]

Not too long ago, I started coughing up copious quantities of blood. After a few days, I talked to my daughter about it, and she insisted I go to the hospital. I relented, because she's like her mother and just doesn't let stuff go.

The hospital put me in an isolated room, and the first question they asked was if I had recently travelled overseas.

Our general medical concept of infection prevention seems to work, at least in the situation I was in.

In my case, it wasn't TB, it was something else.

I did take it as a positive that public health was a primary concern, even at a private hospital.

/johnny

[lee martell]

I’ve heard of Whooping Cough victims coughing so hard that they rupture or bruise their lungs, producing some blood flow till it clots. Did you recently have a lot of congestion? Just asking, because about 35 years ago I had a similar experience. You have a good daughter who wishes the best for her Dad.

[Jeff Chandler]

Not too long ago, I started coughing up copious quantities of blood.

ANY time you cough up blood, you need to get to urgent care YESTERDAY.