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Blue hands
Blue hands may be seen immediately after a baby is born in response to cold temperatures and changes in the baby's circulation.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
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16wks pregnant, bad back, blue hands (not cold or hot) with headaches should I get checked urgently or wait for appointment next week?
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A 44-year old asked:
My daughter gets blue hands and blue feet when she gets cold is that raunauds?
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A 39-year old asked:
My granddaughter has blue hands and feet when she is in the bath. Is that normal?
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A 43-year old asked:
What do you suggest if my granddaughter has blue hands and feet when she is in the bath?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I have been randomly getting blue hands on and off not due to cold. It has now spread to my hands and feet and still random. Also have a tight chest ?
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A 31-year old male asked:
12 months old with 2 day history of high temps awoke from a longer than usual nap with blue hands feet lips and nose?
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A 49-year old female asked:
Blister like bumps and black and blue on hands. Can it be coxsackie virus?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Fingernails turned blue on the 12th 12 hours after ligament surgery. still blue today. Hand is slightly swollen, hurts to move fingers a lil bit?
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A member asked:
Does my daughter have asthma? 13 years old, depression, blue looking hands, mouthbreathing, trouble sleeping, nasal congestion, clearing throat all the time, occasional scratchy throat, headaches soreness
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A 38-year old asked:
Please explain what does blue and cold hands mean?
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A 39-year old male asked:
Friend that had blue dye on hands from toilet all day, at night we ate burgers he took mine for a few seconds. I ate itdo I need to worry about poison?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Only have ovulation digital clear blue test at hand. Can it show if I'm pregnant?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Whole left side numbness, tingling getting cold and turning blue. My left hand swelled once.The whole shoulder feels like there's something in it.
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A 42-year old asked:
Blue lips cold hands and feet, what to do?
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A 67-year old male asked about a 49-year old :
I had Ant. cerv. discectomy in 2012. Pain and grinding sound in neck , fingers turn blue, numbness in hands and leg, pain in back going to left leg. ?
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A 21-year old asked:
Why could your hands turn blue out of no where?
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A 39-year old asked:
One of my hands was blue.. Dark blue and light blue. Is that frostbite?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Both my hands went blue, I have never seen this before and i felt normal. But the colour did not come back for about 10/15 minutes?
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A 42-year old asked:
Why are my hands turning blue?
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A 38-year old female asked:
I keep spacing out but this time my lips and hands went blue. My head feels really heavy what is this?
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A 23-year old female asked:
When i woke up this morning my left hand was blue and then it went away 5 min later. Could this be serious? I just had a normal echo and 24 holster.
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A 20-year old female asked:
10 days ago i felt pain around my heart area and suddenly i realized that nails on my hands turned blue. Now, they're sometimes normal, sometimes blue?
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A 43-year old female asked:
I noticed the palms of my hands are blue after I shower. They eventually go back to normal. The rest of my hands are normal looking. Should I be concerned?
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A 29-year old female asked:
My hands turn blue I have headaches that won't go away and nausea face feel disoriented when it happens.
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A 18-year old female asked:
Hands are blue most of the time even though I take iron pills. Normal iron levels in blood, iron storage is low. What's going on?
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A 41-year old female asked:
My niece is 16 and healthy @ 5'10" and 130 lbs. Her hands turn blue....From her fingertips to about mid-palm. Is this a problem and what to do
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A 48-year old asked:
Why do I have so many popping blue veins on my hands?
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A 65-year old female asked:
My left hand turns blue several times a wk. Resolves within a few min. No pain. Hx of L subclavian clot 2006. Lifelong warfarin. Cause?
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A female asked:
What does it mean if the bottom of the plam of my hand is blue and has pulsating veins?
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