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Robert1 posted:

have been spitting up phlegm with amounts of blood in it. it sounds dumb but i have a bad feeling. how did other people come to the conclusion they had lung cancer? is this a big sign??

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Janice811 responded:

My mom has been doing that for the past few days also... I posted her situation an hour after yours. I dont know if this is common or not for this is all new to me, but when she was in the hospital a few weeks ago they said that it was good to cough phlegm up. But not sure about the blood.

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"have been spitting up phlegm with amounts of blood in it. it sounds dumb but i have a bad feeling. how did other people come to the conclusion they had lung cancer? is this a big sign??" They make an appointment with a physician to get these symptoms looked into medically.

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