Hemoptysis Causes and Bronchial Artery Embolization treatment in Delhi NCR 

Hemoptysis is a condition which makes you cough blood from respiratory tract. The blood is originated from lungs not from our digestive system. This condition of respiratory system is very serious or can be life-threatening. 

If you are not the patient of bronchiectasis than you should immediately consult with the doctor if you are vomiting blood. As it’s a sign of dangerous diseases like lung cancer, TB and other infections of lungs. In children this condition is result of lower respiratory tract infection or foreign body inhalation (might show similar symptoms like other lungs diseases).

Hemoptysis is broadly classified into two terms massive or non-massive depending upon the severity of the condition. The range of blood is between 100 ml to 1000 ml, in case of bleeding below 200 ml it classified as non-massive hemoptysis, and when it’s below 20 ml it called as mild hemoptysis.

Consult with the best interventional radiologist in Delhi NCR for hemoptysis treatment in Gurgaon

 Common Causes of Hemoptysis

·         Bronchitis: when our bronchial tubes get inflamed. This condition can be acute or chronic, and often causing cough or mucus. In some cases it can make you vomit blood.

·         Pneumonia: this infection is caused by variety of viruses or fungus in our lungs which causes inflammation in one or both lungs of the infected person (air sacs get filled with fluid or pus) and make them cough phlegm. Pneumonia is dangerous for young children and elderly people.

·         Tuberculosis (TB): its caused by contiguous bacteria which usually attacks our lungs

·         Lung Cancer:  the  cancer that begin in lungs, this cancer often metastasize in other parts of body like brain, coughing with blood and wheezing are main symptom of cancer spread in  lungs.

Chest trauma, foreign body, parasitic infection and lungs infections are some other the causes of hemoptysis, for treatment you can consult with interventional radiologist in Delhi NCR 

Bronchial Artery Embolization treatment of Hemoptysis

This condition can be fatal in case of massive blood loss which is why it requires surgical and medical intervention. BAE (bronchial artery embolization) is minimal invasive procedure in which a radiologist uses X-ray to examine and diagnose the bronchial arteries to find out which artery is bleeding, this procedure is performed with the help of special dye, which is inserted to examine the arteries, once the radiologist finds out the bleeding vessels they clot them to stop the bleeding.

 For the treatment of hemoptysis in Gurgaon you can consult with the best endovascular neuroradiologist in Delhi NCR Dr. Arvind Nanda. He has more than 17 years of experience in radiology field. Currently Dr. Arvind is working in Paras Hospitals Gurgaon.