sons lips frequently turn blue?

[clairemumof2]

Hi,
I was wonder if someone could advise me on my son, He's 16months old now and apart from being a handful is usually well except his lips (nowhere else) turn blue from time to time and I'm getting concerned as it is happening more frequently now! it does happen when he is cold but I've also noticed it at other times.I also have a 5 year old but his lips never turn blue ?
When he was 8 weeks he was admitted to hospital with bronchiolitis and at the doctor who examined him found a murmur? but said it was nothing to be concerned about and needed no further tests.
Should i now be worried?
Please reply as i'm unsure what to do.

[BECKYSTEWART]

Hi I just took my daughter to a heart doctor and he said her heart was fine. He said what the blue lip mean is a sinuistitus. As long as the inside of the mouth  nail beds or chest area was not blue shes fine. She is getting enough oxygen as her stat was 100. My daughter did not have any signs of blue lip until she had a seziure. That disorder goes with a blue lip. But my daughter stays purple under the eyes. And blue on the top lip under the nose. Not the pink area of the lip. So with that begin said if my child has sinus problems it took a heart doctor to figure it out when a peds. or ear nose and throat couldnt. Just keep an eye on him and set him up an appointment with a ent dr. If the ent says its nothing see a heart dr and ask him/her if that is what your child has. Most kids are faired skin and it can be seen better cause there is vessels that are surfaced on fair skin kids. But I didn't take that answer I got a second oppion.

[blakesphotomom]

What all your symptoms were is what my doctor said to look for and if he had those go to the ER right away.  My son just started blue lips after naps at daycare and a few at home so after the 6th time I made a doc apt for tomorrow so we will see what he says.  Good luck to you I pray it is never serious.  

[mom12121]

My son just turned 12 months and is all of a sudden having the same issues, blue lips cold hands and feet and even a bit blue around his nose. Before he always had really warm almost sweaty feet so it's so weird. We took him to the Children's Hospital and a week later to our family doctor who both told us not to be concerned it's jut poor ciculation. What I did notice is this started right around when he started teething really bad. I know teething can cause some weird symptoms could this be associated with that? My doctor said no but some doctors don't believe a fever or a cold is brought in by teething either. Are any of the other babies teething??

[arkdewitt]

Hello. My daughter is 20 months and also has had this since birth. My Doctors always said "she will grow out of it because some babies take longer to develop proper circulatory systems". Well, I am seeing less of the hands and feet if not at all anymore, but the lips ALWAYS turn blue when she cries hard or gets out of the water even here in the HOT HOT HOT Florida sun. She was born at 36 weeks and was on oxygen for a few days. She did have RSV at 10 months of age and she has only one kidney, but when she was born they checked her heart and saw no problems. HOWEVER, I am going to her 2 year checkup in April and will request an appt with a pediatric cardiologist....just in case. Let me know if you find anything that could be an answer. This is just odd. My 9 and 8 year olds NEVER had this happen to them either and my 8 year old had "undiagnosed" asthma but was on meds for that from age 6 mo until age 2 and has seasonal allergies, yet never got the blue lips. STRANGE....

[LuvBugg1979]

WOW! It's amazing to me how common this seems to be. Just by chance, I decided to Google her symptoms, and this post came up.  As with many of you, I have an almost 16 month old that frequently has cyanosis in her lips/mouth and slow cap refill in her fingers. It has been happening since she was born (mostly in the morning), but has recently gotten a lot more frequent. A little over a month ago, she began running a low grade fever along with sever head and chest congestion. We made several trips to see her pediatrician. He did seem a bit concerned, but wanted to try to clear up her congestion before getting too worried.She has been on breathing treatments for the congestion, but the cyanosis continues. I also have a 9 year old boy, and this NEVER happened to him. I have just been watching her closely and trying to decide when to contact her pediatrician again.

[karrij]

My  almost 5 yr old has had this happen a few times over the years but just this morning it happened and he has been constipated for a day or two. He had just had a B.M. and when he came out of the bathroom his lips were blue, I agree with your vagal hypothesis. I typed in blue lips and vagal and it brought me to your comment. He also sometimes while running and playing hard will say "my heart is beating really fast" which I thought was odd for a 4 yr old to notice so we took him to his pediatrician and he said "some kids are just more in touch with their bodies"? Got a second opinion and she said she could not hear any murmurs or anything that would concern her. Luckily doesnt happen very often anymore but still worries me.