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Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
I could be wrong but I just assumed that the coughing up blood was from a pneumonia. Maybe I am wrong but I thought it was a common thing if someone had a pneumonia.
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With pneumonia your lungs can fill up with fluid/mucus, but not blood. I actually had pneumonia when I was five. Never heard of anyone coughing up blood from it.
I don't know what causes one to cough up blood. It's definitely something that happens in the movies and on TV more than real life. I know a tear in the throat will do it, but I'm not sure what types of illnesses would.
As for the show, I think flu just became the word here. But I would assume it's something like that. Course, bacteria borne illnesses can be healed with antibiotics, viral cannot be. They may never actually tell us for sure. It would be hard for the characters to know anyway.