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What does the blue lips indicate? Is it a symptom of a disease? Should any diagnostic tests be performed in case of such symptoms? Can bluish lips cause serious illness? Is this a signal of an incorrect diet? The question is answered by the drug. Katarzyna Darecka.
What does the blue lips indicate?
Hello, my friend recently noticed a blue lips. She said she does that sometimes so I shouldn’t worry, and overall it’s okay. However, I am worried about this symptom and I am trying to find information about what they are saying son of the mouth? Maybe I can get professional advice here. My friend does not see the problem, she does not want to go to the doctor even for some checkups and perform basic tests.
In my opinion blue lips symptom he’s quite suspect. What examinations should be performed with blue lips? Whether the cause of blue lips can there be some serious illness? Or maybe blue lips are a symptom of poor nutrition, lack of minerals in the body? I am a bit worried because my friend has recently switched to some fancy diet and I am afraid that maybe something has hurt her. Please answer my inquiry regarding blue lips and indicate any tests that my friend should do. Maybe this is how I will convince her that she should do something about it and start taking care of her health. Thank you very much for help. Regards.
The doctor explains what the blue lips indicate
Cyanosis can be divided into two types, central and peripheral. Central Tit usually affects the blue or gray color of the face, mouth, tongue, earlobes; peripheral concerns the hands, feet and skin of the extremities in more proximal sections. Central cyanosis is usually a sign of insufficient oxygen in the body and can be caused by lung diseases such as asthma, pneumonia, obstruction of the upper respiratory tract, e.g. subglottic laryngitis, heart disease, prolonged seizures.
The livid color is caused by the predominance of deoxygenated hemoglobin in the blood, which gives the integuments a purple appearance, and oxygenated blood has a bright red color.
True cyanosis it disappears after pressing the skin, it means that it is not a discoloration of the outer layer of the epidermis itself, but it occurs in the vessels present in the subcutaneous tissue and skin.
Central cyanosis may result from hypoxemia, i.e. a decrease in saturation to <85% and a decrease in oxygen partial pressure to <60mmHg. Such arterial blood gas results may indicate the presence of respiratory failure, some congenital heart defects, altitude sickness. The cause of the bluish discoloration of the mucous membranes may also be the presence of pathological hemoglobin, which occurs in diseases such as methaemoglobinaemia or sulfhaemoglobinaemia.
Can be highlighted as well pseudo cyanosiswhich does not disappear under the pressure of the skin with a finger and is caused by the use of drugs such as chlorpromazine, amiodarone, minocycline or heavy metals such as silver, gold. It is a consequence of the presence of an abnormal pigment in the skin.
Central cyanosis certainly requires further diagnostics, in addition to medical history and physical examination by a general practitioner, also examination of the saturation pulse oximeter and arterial blood sampling for gasometry and other diagnostic tests such as morphology, chest X-ray and depending on the suspected cause, it may also be necessary. conducting an EKG, ECHO or chest spirometry and CT scan.
– Lek. Katarzyna Darecka
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