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From a month or two i have uncertainty or you can say a mild pain sometimes on the left side and my hand turns a bit blue while smoking is it alarming?

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Dr. Rebecca Gliksman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Smoking / blue hand: That is unusual. smoking has significant vascular effects and causes a condition known as Buerger's disease . http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/diseases/buergers-disease.html Would f/u/ w/ cardiologist and stop smoking

Answered 4/11/2016

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