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History and Symptoms

Symptoms

The clinical features of idiopathic pulmonary hemorrhage depend on whether it is acute or chronic Symptoms of IPH in the acute phase may include the following:

• Severe dyspnea
• Cough
• Hemoptysis
• Worsening anemia
• Rapid asphyxiation due to massive pulmonary hemorrhage

patients who present in the chronic phase of the disease may have:

• Weight loss
• Failure to thrive
• Hypoxemic respiratory failure in severe cases,