purple hands purple feet in 14 yr old daughter

[Tula]

My 14 yr old daughters feet and hands turn dark purple alot.  she gets flused real easy even if she doesn't do alot.  i have heard of reynauds disease but i just am not sure what could be goin on.  she will be goin to the dr on monday and they may want her to see a pediatric cardioligist.  its scary any ideas?

[scumokin]

"I seen a t.v show they other day. Miracle Workers they help a lot of families that have any kind of diseases that they can help out with these alsome docotrs and i seen a young boy that had the same problem. He would get sleepy a lot from being wore out just from riding a bike. It ended up being like one of his vessels in his heart was not pumping enough blood to his whole body and his fingures and toes would turn purple. They put this tube in his chest that aloud blood to flow a lot better and never had that problem again."

i THINK you missed something on that episode. the kid was born with section of his heart missing (can't remember what exactly).

[star queen]

Acrocyanosis is a persistent, painless, symmetric cyanosis (lack of oxygen) of the hands, and sometimes the feet.  It is caused by vasospasm of the small vessels of the skin.  The cause is unknown, but may be related to increased tone of the small vessels associated with dilation of the vessels.  The fingers and toes are always cold to the touch and bluish to purple in color.  The disorder occurs in women of any age and not associated with a disease process.  Symptoms include cold fingers and toes, sweating profusely and may swell.  Cyanosis (color) may intensify in the cold weather and lessen with warming.  Except for reassurance and protection from cold, treatment is usually unnecessary.  Vasodilators are usually ineffective.  Only a licensed doctor can make this diagnosis.

[myproblem]

This does not sound like Raynaud's. Does she have any other medical problems?