I have been coughing non-stop day and night for at least 6 month. I am 25 years old and coughed up small amounts of pinkish/red sputum on 2 occassions (both instances were in the middle of the night). I was diagnosed with allergy induced asthma in middle school however have never experienced a cough this bad/long lasting in my entire life. I am also prescribed Adderall IR 30mg twice daily and am wondering if the Adderall could be making my allergy induced asthma worse. I am also terrified that much of my online research points to possible heart failure...Please help!
Hi! Thank you for your question and welcome to our site. It is possible that your non-stop coughing caused small capillaries and blood vessels to break leading to the pinkish sputum. However, we cannot also rule out other more worrisome infections or disease processes that can cause this. I suggest that you seek medical attention as soon as possible so that the appropriate tests like a simple chest x-ray, bronchoscopy, and some blood work can be done to determine what is really causing your cough. Please see your doctor soon and tell him/her everything that you have experienced so that he/she can arrive at the proper diagnosis and the correct management is initiated. Take care and I wish you better health!