blood tinged sputum in 9 year old

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Just wondering if any of you can give a idea of what could be causing my son to have blood tinged sputum. Here is a little history, about a week and a half ago he started with a bit of a low grade fever lasted only 2 days . He did c/o sore throat however on inspection it looked a little red no pustlules or white patches present. Then after 3 days it disappeared. He does have a slight asthma and we give him ventolin prn he also recieves flovent. After giving him his ventolin yesterday he started with a severe nosebleed lasting approximately 8 min. After applying pressure to brigde of nose x 10 min it stopped. now this evening he has started with bright sang sputum. not large amounts approximately size of a nickle. Some seem to be clot like others just mixed in with sputum. No c/o of chest pain or fever present. occasional dry cough present. I do plan on taking him to a walk in clinic tomorrow however I wondered if any of you seasoned ped nurses may have any insight for me.

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I hope everything goes well. Keep us posted.

melissa

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just wondering if any of you can give a idea of what could be causing my son to have blood tinged sputum. here is a little history, about a week and a half ago he started with a bit of a low grade fever lasted only 2 days . he did c/o sore throat however on inspection it looked a little red no pustlules or white patches present. then after 3 days it disappeared. he does have a slight asthma and we give him ventolin prn he also recieves flovent. after giving him his ventolin yesterday he started with a severe nosebleed lasting approximately 8 min. after applying pressure to brigde of nose x 10 min it stopped. now this evening he has started with bright sang sputum. not large amounts approximately size of a nickle. some seem to be clot like others just mixed in with sputum. no c/o of chest pain or fever present. occasional dry cough present. i do plan on taking him to a walk in clinic tomorrow however i wondered if any of you seasoned ped nurses may have any insight for me.

more than likely this is posterior pharyngeal drainage (throat drainage) secondary to the epistaxis (nosebleed) and not true blood in sputum.

i do hope you take him in, however, because sounds like he does need evaluation.

hope he feels better soon!!

siri, crnp, clnc, rlnc

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