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\n\t\tSome patients said they coughed so hard they spit up blood (Picture: Getty)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tSome patients said they coughed so hard they spit up blood (Picture: Getty)<\/p>\n
Rumours of an \u2018unidentified\u2019 virus which causes sufferers to \u2018cough up blood\u2019 have been spreading in Russia<\/a>. <\/p>\n Despite patients testing negative for both influenza and COVID-19, Russian officials have attributed the extreme symptoms to common respiratory infections. <\/p>\n Local media and Telegram channels have shared news of the \u2018severe\u2019 infections online, prompting further worry from residents. <\/p>\n One woman told local media that on the fifth day of her illness, she began coughing up blood \u2013 and antibiotics didn\u2019t help. <\/p>\n The virus starts with aches and fatigue, before morphing into a high fever with a vicious cough, sometimes accompanied by blood. <\/p>\n Rumours were shut down by Rospotrebnadzor, a Russian agency which oversees public health<\/a>, saying: \u2018no evidence of a new or unidentified virus circulating on the territory of the Russian Federation.\u2019<\/p>\n \t\t But news outlet Newizru reported \u2018doctors are noting many cases of infection with a strange virus that has not yet been identified\u2019. <\/p>\n One doctor told local media she was sceptical of reports of a new pathogen: \u2018This disease is primarily bullous, bronchitis<\/a> because bullae begin to form in the lungs, the inflammatory process occurs directly in the bronchi and lungs. <\/p>\n \u2018That is, like ulcers. This virus does not manifest itself in everyone.\u2019<\/p>\n The mystery virus is currently unknown, but it\u2019s made rounds at the end of cold and flu season.<\/p>\n One doctor suggested the fierce virus could be attributed to mycoplasma pneumonia \u2013 also known as walking pneumonia. <\/p>\n Pneumonia is a lung condition where the alveoli become inflamed. This can result in fluid building up in the lungs due to their diminished functionality.<\/p>\n This is an informal name for pneumonia that isn\u2019t severe enough to be bedridden \u2013 or require hospital treatment.<\/p>\n With \u2018walking pneumonia\u2019 the symptoms are so mild that the person may feel like they have a cold and therefore can walk around with no problems.<\/p>\n Often those with walking pneumonia the person doesn\u2019t feel ill enough to go to the doctor \u2013 and even if they do go, the symptoms are normally not severe enough for a chest x-ray to be done.<\/p>\n This means that often walking pneumonia is not diagnosed and can linger.<\/p>\n Pneumonia is usually caused by bacteria or viruses, it can also be caused by fungi, parasites, chemicals and any physical injury to the lungs.<\/p>\n Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n For more stories like this, <\/strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow![\"Infected](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_245934688-e494.jpg\")
\n\t\tA few patients said they were bedridden for days (Picture: Getty)<\/p>\n
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