Elderly people with dark-colored blood clots in sputum are associated with bronchiectasis, tuberculosis, lung cancer and other diseases.
1. Bronchial dilatation: bronchial dilatation is related to repeated respiratory tract infections and inflammation, and the clinical symptoms are mainly coughing and coughing up sputum, and some of the patients will have the symptom of hemoptysis, which will lead to dark-colored blood clots in sputum.
2. Tuberculosis: Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, which can cause coughing, coughing up sputum, low fever and other symptoms. When the lesion erodes the blood vessel and causes damage to the blood vessel, the symptom of hemoptysis will appear, which can be manifested as dark-colored blood clots in sputum.
3. Lung cancer: Early stage of the disease will show symptoms of coughing, and there may be blood in sputum or hemoptysis, so lung cancer cannot be excluded from the sputum of the elderly with dark-colored blood clots.
There are many reasons leading to dark-colored blood clots in sputum of the elderly, not only including the above ones, so they should actively consult doctors to clarify the cause of the disease and carry out targeted treatment in order to reduce the harm to the body.