CITY SERVICES Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the State of South Carolina. The name Columbia was a poetic term for the Americas derived from Christopher Columbus. BUSINESS The historic Gervais Street Bridge was constructed from 1926-1928 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The most common causes of coughing blood are bronchitis, lung cancer, pneumonia, tuberculosis, lung abscess, bronchiectasis (inflammation of the airways), and pulmonary embolism (blockage of the main lung artery).
Blood-laced mucus from the sinus or nose area can sometimes be misidentified as symptomatic of hemoptysis (such secretions can be a sign of nasal or sinus cancer, but also a sinus infection). Extensive non-respiratory injury can also cause one to cough up blood.