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Title: Help with cause of death
Post by: xcatx on Wednesday 21 May 14 12:53 BST (UK)

Would be grateful if someone can decipher this please

Title: Re: Help with cause of death
Post by: AMBLY on Wednesday 21 May 14 12:57 BST (UK)

Hi xcatx

Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Acute Haemoptysis
(30 minutes)

some info:
http://www.drugs.com/cg/acute-hemoptysis.html

Cheers
AMBLY

Title: Re: Help with cause of death
Post by: xcatx on Wednesday 21 May 14 13:17 BST (UK)

Thanks Ambly

Title: Re: Help with cause of death
Post by: Romilly on Wednesday 21 May 14 13:26 BST (UK)

In Layman's terminology xcatx, - it's coughing up blood:-(

How lucky we are now that TB is no longer as prevalent in the UK as it once was...

Romilly.

Title: Re: Help with cause of death
Post by: Annie65115 on Thursday 22 May 14 12:00 BST (UK)

a very nasty way to go for all those around the patient -- basically the infection could eat into a major artery in your lungs and you'd suddenly bleed to death; there would be a very large amount of blood coughed up in the space of a few minutes..

Title: Re: Help with cause of death
Post by: xcatx on Thursday 22 May 14 15:26 BST (UK)

Thanks all for the info, this was my 27 year old cousin who was in the Royal Pioneer Corps  :-[