Complaint History


Helen has been coughing, feeling tired, experiencing chest pain, and feverish for the past 3 weeks.  Just yesterday she started coughing up what looked like blood. The sample of "sputum" she brought in with her was yellow with red streaks in it. She also complains of a loss of appetite and of losing a lot of weigh (10 pounds in 4 weeks). She wakes up in the middle of the night drenched with sweat. Three months ago she mentioned having a similar respiratory problem only she hadn't spit up any blood.
 

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