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What Causes The Lips To Turn Blue And Breathing Problem?

i have noticed lately that my breathing is not normal, i dont feel like im getting enough air and i feel like i cant catch my breath sometimes. i have noticed twice that my lips turned blue for no particular reason, the second time being yesterday, i wasnt doing anything but riding in a car, i was putting vaseline on my lips and looked in the mirror and my lips were blue, my boyfriend looked at me at the same time and asked if i was ok, noticing i had blue lips, i felt ok just a bit lightheaded.? any ideas? thank you
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi,
Welcome to HCM!

What you are describing as lips turning blue is medically referred to as Cyanosis i.e bluish discoloration of skin or mucous membrane.

It basically happens due to increase in the concentration of deoxygenated Haemoglobin, which occurs due to decreased oxygen in your body.

There might be several causes which cause cyanosis and you have to be thoroughly investigated to ascertain what is causing cyanosis.

Some common causes are:
1. Congenital heart disease.
2. Lung edema,
3.lung thromboembolism (dislodgement of a blood clot and its lodging in the lung arteries),
4. high altitude sickness,
5. severe pneumonia,
6. acute sever attack of asthma,
7. chronic obstructive lung disease,
8. acute adult respiratory distress syndrome. etc.

The cause should be ascertained and then treated accordingly/
Hope this information helps. Feel free to as if you have any doubts.

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

With warm regards,
Dr. Sridhar Reddy
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What Causes The Lips To Turn Blue And Breathing Problem?

Hi, Welcome to HCM! What you are describing as lips turning blue is medically referred to as Cyanosis i.e bluish discoloration of skin or mucous membrane. It basically happens due to increase in the concentration of deoxygenated Haemoglobin, which occurs due to decreased oxygen in your body. There might be several causes which cause cyanosis and you have to be thoroughly investigated to ascertain what is causing cyanosis. Some common causes are: 1. Congenital heart disease. 2. Lung edema, 3.lung thromboembolism (dislodgement of a blood clot and its lodging in the lung arteries), 4. high altitude sickness, 5. severe pneumonia, 6. acute sever attack of asthma, 7. chronic obstructive lung disease, 8. acute adult respiratory distress syndrome. etc. The cause should be ascertained and then treated accordingly/ Hope this information helps. Feel free to as if you have any doubts. Wishing you a speedy recovery. With warm regards, Dr. Sridhar Reddy