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Why is Hana bleeding?

posted 12 years ago by ghoolsby
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I missed why Hana is bleeding. Is he sick or was he injured?

He was bleeding because he was sick (the same sickness which lead him to be hospitalized in a later scene).

[–] ghoolsby 12 years ago

I figured the condition that put Hana in the hospital was causing the bleeding earlier. I can't help but think it's AIDS but wanted to find out what the director was thinking.

[–] panda_monium 12 years ago

First I thought it was AIDS as well (since the mama-san mentioned AIDS), but how could Hana survive that long on the streets without any medication?

Also during the follow-up, the doctor just recommended resting up and eating well. His tone didn't suggest that Hana had a terminal illness.

[–] Oblivion14 12 years ago

Coughing blood is not a usual symptom of AIDS.

Hemoptysis, the medical term for coughing up blood, is more commonly caused by lung ailments. Usually pneumonia, bronchitis, or tuberculosis. Though it's a favorite dramatic prop because it's quite alarming to cough up blood, it's not life-threatening with modern medicine.

Given their vagrant lifestyle of sleeping out in the open during wintertime, coupled with the doctor's diagnosis, I'd say it was simply pneumonia.

[–] PreachCaleb 9 years ago

I agree. I don't think she had aids. Most definitely a lung ailment as you said.

Can't stop the signal.