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  1. Skin discoloration - bluish
    Lips - bluish; Fingernails - bluish; Cyanosis; Bluish lips and fingernails; Bluish skin ... have a bluish discoloration to their skin called cyanosis. Lack of oxygen (such as in suffocation or ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003215.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Cyanosis (Texas Heart Institute)
    Cyanosis is a condition in which the lips, fingers, and toes appear blue. It happens in some ... the body. In people with congenital heart defects, cyanosis can happen if the defect allows oxygen-poor ...
    www.texasheartinstitute.org/HIC/Topics/Cond/cyanosis.cfm - External Health Links
  3. Cyanosis of the nail bed (image)
    ... discoloration in the skin or mucous membranes called cyanosis. Most cyanosis is seen as a result of congenital heart ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/9895.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Polycythemia vera
    ... s disease; Osler's disease; Polycythemia with chronic cyanosis - Myelopathic polycythemia; Erythrocytosis megalosplenica; Cryptogenic polycythemia
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000589.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Cyanotic heart disease
    ... causes the child's skin to look blue ( cyanosis ). This bluish color is most often seen on ... until adulthood. Congenital heart defects that may cause cyanosis include: Tetralogy of Fallot Transposition of the great ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001104.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Congenital Heart Defects (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
    ... grayish or bluish coloring of the skin called cyanosis. This usually appears soon after birth or during ... immediately by a health care provider. On occasion, cyanosis may be delayed until later in childhood. Cyanosis ...
    www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/14332_1212.asp - External Health Links
  7. Tetralogy of Fallot
    ... oxygen levels in the blood, which leads to cyanosis (a bluish-purple coloration to the skin). The ... infants may not show the signs of the cyanosis, but later may develop sudden frightening episodes (called " ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001567.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
    ... extremities Enlarged liver Poor pulse Pounding heart Bluish (cyanosis) or poor skin color Sudden death In healthy ... response to cold (this reaction is called peripheral cyanosis). However, a bluish color observed in the chest ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001106.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Protein-Losing Enteropathy After the Fontan Operation (Congenital Heart Information Network)
    ... left side of the heart with subsequent blueness (cyanosis). The fenestration is performed at the start in ... although there will be some degree of blueness (cyanosis) present. The degree of cyanosis does not appear ...
    tchin.org/resource_room/c_art_04.htm - External Health Links
  10. Genetics Home Reference: Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome From the National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine)
    ... a bluish appearance of the skin or lips (cyanosis). Cyanosis is caused by lack of oxygen in the ... system ; autosomal ; autosomal dominant ; cell ; colon ; congenital ; constipation ; cyanosis ; diagnosis ; differentiation ; digestive ; embryo ; gene ; involuntary ; mosaicism ; mutation ; ...
    ghr.nlm.nih.gov/...=congenitalcentralhypoventilationsyndrome - External Health Links
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