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Coughing up bloody phlegm Night Sweats?

I had this a while ago I was wondering what it could have been? I remember before getting sick I came across a carcass of a badger in a field by mistake. Would it have been possible I could have gotten TB? I was immunised against it. I was also immunised against the mumps but still got it.

Temporary blood tinged phlegm may be common in the later stages of the flu, a bad chest cold or pneumonia. This may be accompanied by Night Sweats. Coughing up frank blood is more worrisome as are persistent night sweats.

Some badgers are carriers of Mycobacterium bovis, related to M. tuberculosis that causes most human TB. M. bovis is probably responsible for only a small fraction of all TB cases in the US, perhaps around 1%. Symptoms are similar: cough, blood tinged sputum, night sweats, fever, weight loss, abdominal pain, sometimes swollen lymph nodes in the neck.

Your safest option is to discuss this situation with your doctor who can decide how intensely you need to be evaluated.

BTW, the other disease transmitted by badgers is rabies.