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Right Hand Blue
by Cathy1407, Oct 23, 2007 02:04PM
My 19-year old daughter has been diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse (with painful pinching to the point of awakening her from a deep sleep) and now recovering from mono as well. Within the last few weeks she has experienced a light blue hue in her right hand with a sensation she describes as if having a plastic disposable glove on it. Prior to her heart prognosis she has had fainting spells, migraines and told she has endometriosis. She has been a high dosed birth control to help with her endometriosis and 10 mg of betablocker to help with her heart pain. As her mom, I am very concerned because the MD has not found it necessary to send her to a cardiologist even with her brother (27) having open heart surgery to replace his heart valve due to aeorta insufficiency. Could you please advise what a blue hand means? To look at my daughter she is in perfect health. (She is 5' 9" with long slender arms and legs like her father, weighing 145 pounds and a dancer.) Thank you in advance for your answer.
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I think you need to get her to see a cardiologist to make sure something's not going wrong.
I'm not a doctor; I'm a 49 y/o woman who was diagnosed with a heart murmur at birth and
had a heart catherization at age 14. They said at that time (and technology was NOT what
it is today!) that I had mild pulmonic valve stenosis. For the next couple years, I did OK, save two fainting episodes (unknown cause, one when I had the flu.) Had some symptoms about 10 years after the heart catherization; had an echocardiogram which said I had mitral valve prolapse, but it did not show any pulmonary stenosis. They put me on beta blockers and I felt great.
I got the OK from my internist to go on birth control pills 4 years after the mitral valve prolapse diagnosis. Was on them only about 6 months when I had a very frightening episode that they thought might have been a TIA (mini-stroke). The cardiologist (a new one to me as I had recently moved) felt it may have been related to the BC pill, advised that I stop taking it and never resume it--which I did not. Granted, the BC pills are different now than they were 20 years ago (stronger), but still...
Given your son's history and her history (fainting spells, migraines, MVP, and now this blueish hand), I would have her evaluated and soon...
Good luck,
Anita
Glad to hear about the blood tests. Please let us know what the results are.
One thing I've learned over the years with this heart stuff (mine and then recently,
my dad's) is that sometimes you have to be persistent and that things do not always
end up to be the way that they first appear. Something that has worked
for me to get a cardiology referral (when I needed one from my
primary doctor for insurance coverage) is saying that, "It's probably
nothing, but I would feel better if a cardiologist could just check it out."
Take care,
Anita