What to do if you cough up blood from bronchiectasis

Patients with bronchiectasis who cough up blood can be treated with medication and surgery to improve their symptoms. 1. Drug treatment: If the patient with bronchiectasis coughs up a small amount of blood, it can be improved by bed rest, fluid and light diet, and keeping the airway open in a general way, etc. For patients with hemoptysis, they can take hemostatic drugs such as Carbacillus orally or intravenous infusion of posterior pituitary hormone, aminocaproic acid, etc., so as to achieve the control of the symptoms of the disease and improve the prognosis of the role. During drug treatment, patients need to keep the airway usually and avoid hypoxia. At the same time need to actively anti-infection treatment, for clear indications of bacterial infection, can be given azithromycin, amoxicillin, ceftriaxone and other drugs. 2. Surgical treatment: if the patient is ineffective after drug treatment, surgical treatment can be taken, such as bronchial artery embolization, through the catheter from the femoral artery through the femoral artery, with the help of the contrast agent to find the bleeding point, so as to fill the embolic agent, so as to make it completely blocked, to block the bleeding of the affected arteries, to achieve the role of hemostasis. Most of the patients can improve their prognosis and quality of life after surgical treatment. Once patients with bronchiectasis cough up blood, they should actively cooperate with doctors to take relevant treatment measures. The above medications should be used under the supervision of a physician.