some symptoms of this cancer?

mrcsbud2
mrcsbud2 Member Posts: 21
in Esophageal Cancer #1

For the past 3 days I've noticed blood when I spit, its not constant but I notice it in the morning and random times throughout the day, including after eating. Its usually normal spit with traces of blood and in the morning it tends to be a rusty color. Again its more random times. I don't have any other symptoms, no coughing, no chest pains, no cold. May have a drip in the back only throat and I do have a little heartburn. 24 y/o male non smoker

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  • LorettaMarshall
    LorettaMarshall Member Posts: 662 Member
    #2
    My suggestion--call your doctor NOW.

     

    Hello –

     You have left a lot unsaid about your health condition.  Are you an Esophageal Cancer patient?  Since you didn’t write anything on your “About Me” page, I don’t know anything about you.  Far be it from me to attempt to answer your question.  But if I were you, I would be calling my doctor.  A couple of references that list possible causes are listed below.  It could be very serious and spitting up blood for 3 days would find me in my doctor’s office or in the Emergency room.  Hope you find help soon, but this question is definitely above my paygrade.

      Loretta

     (Wife of William, EC Stage III (T3N1M0)-Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy by Dr. James D. Luketich @ University of Pittsburgh Med. Ctr., May 17, 2003)

     

    1. http://www.mayoclinic.org/symptoms/coughing-up-blood/basics/causes/sym-20050934

     “Causes - By Mayo Clinic Staff

     Hemoptysis refers to coughing up blood from some part of the lungs (respiratory tract). Blood coming from elsewhere, such as your stomach, can appear to be from the lungs. It's important for your doctor to determine the site of the bleeding, and then determine why you're coughing up blood….”

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     2.  http://www.medicinenet.com/bloody_sputum/symptoms.htm

     "Bloody Sputum (Hemoptysis)"

     Symptom Checker: Symptoms & Signs Index -  

    Medical Author: William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR

     Bloody sputum (spitting up blood or bloody mucus) can come from common forms of infection in the lungs and airways, such as acute bronchitis or pneumonia. Bloody sputum can be a result of lung cancer. Whenever bloody sputum is present and cannot be attributed to a curable condition, a complete lung evaluation is warranted. Bloody sputum is also referred to as hemoptysis.

     Causes of bloody sputum include lung infection with pneumonia, bronchitis, tuberculosis, parasites (hookworm), cystic fibrosis, nosebleed (epistaxis), pulmonary edema, pulmonary embolism, chest trauma, mitral stenosis, lung cancer, and Goodpasture syndrome….”

     Medically Reviewed by a Doctor on 2/26/2015

     

  • mrcsbud2
    mrcsbud2 Member Posts: 21
    #3
     
     
    I'm not a patient no and

     

     

    I'm not a patient no and have no history of it, I was just curious to what this sounds like.

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