why a person with tuberculosis coughing with blood stained sputum

Question: why a person with tuberculosis coughing with blood stained sputum
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Asked by jazz20fen to Sally, Mmboyi, Mike, Michael, Jacinta, Gliday, Elkana, Edna, Arnold on 17 Jul 2025.
- Michael Kimwele answered on 17 Jul 2025:
  
  A person with tuberculosis can cough up blood-stained sputum (hemoptysis) due to the erosion of blood vessels within the lung tissue caused by the infection. Specifically, the bacteria causing tuberculosis can damage the lung’s blood vessels, including those in the walls of cavities (Rasmussen’s aneurysms) formed by the infection, leading to bleeding.

Question: why a person with tuberculosis coughing with blood stained sputum