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Skin turning blue
Cyanosis is a bluish color to the skin or mucus membranes due to a lack of oxygen in the blood.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
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A 26-year old female asked about a male:
My son is experiencing skin turning blue (worsened by: when it is cold, psychological stress) and pale skin.
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I am experiencing shaking hands or tremor, skin turning blue, double vision (quality: with both eyes open) , difficulty breathing?
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I am experiencing breast pain (quality: tenderness) , shoulder pain, skin turning blue, neck pain, ear ache (quality: dull or aching sensation, sensation of pressure or fullness) (worsened by: air travel) (severity: mild) and jaw pain. The following als
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The skin under my toenails keep turning blue, why?
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A 35-year old asked:
What could cause the skin around my cast to be turning blue?
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I have CAD and renal artery stenosis. The last 2 days I have noticed the skin under the tops of my thumbnails turning blue. Related or something else?
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A 47-year old asked:
Why does skin turn blue when cold?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Blue skin?
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A 21-year old asked:
Why did my skin turn blue, when I contracted diphtheria?
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A male asked:
My boyfriend has these reappearing light blue skin marks randomly appear throughout years; like someone took a light blue highlighter on his skin.
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A 32-year old female asked:
I have a blue nodule under my skin on my back. Sometimes if i'm sitting my back against a hard surface it hurts. What is it though?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I have two long blue lines on either side of my groin that have appeared in the last week and follow the folds in my skin. What could these be?
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A male asked:
Have a small bump below skin (pea size, gets bigger when I bend back). The area has a black and blue mark above thebump hurts now and then.what is it?
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A 45-year old male asked:
My son recently went on a hunting trip and banged his head really badly. Immediately he received a large soft squishy lump and very bad black and blue mark that is just now starting to fade. The lump is still there however it it now hard. He is complainin
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A 36-year old asked:
What does it mean if a skin graft turns blue?
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A member asked:
Do lots of people get blue skin tone, or is it unusual?
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A 31-year old asked:
Is blue skin caused by asthma exacerbation in adults? What are the symptoms?
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A 41-year old asked:
What is the chance that blue skin is caused by asthma exacerbation in children? What are the usual symptoms?
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A 22-year old male asked:
There is a small, round, light green/blue, hard bump under my skin about 3mm in diameter on my abdomen. Should i be worried?
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A female asked:
My 5yr old daughter has a dry spot in her head that want leave was told by nurse to wash with tgel and selcium blue but it doesn't seem to work
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A 43-year old male asked:
I have had a small blue "mark" beneath the surface of the skin on my left shoulder for as long as I can remember. It does not itch. What could it be?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Last week Monday night I felt a small bump on my arm with a little blue around the next morning up till today it has been blue the bump is stil their feels like a little rock under my skin?
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A 49-year old asked:
For what reasons might the head of my penis have a blue tint after having sex?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Can some skin cancers be light blue or gray spots?
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A 31-year old female asked:
My skin above my lip turns blue after working out. Should I be concerned?
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A 37-year old asked:
I saw two long blue lines and some sort of hanging dead skin under my tongue. What could it be?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I suddenly have blue spots underneath the surface of my skin. It looks like blood and it is on my leg. What could this be?
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A 24-year old female asked:
I had hit my head on Saturday had Bad headaches for a couple of days they gone now I just be tired out the blue is that normal??
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A 25-year old female asked:
Do your face gets warmer/hot in one side with rosacea? It comes out of the blue.. If so can I put cold water to refresh my skin?
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A 16-year old female asked:
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