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What Causes Dizziness And Blue Discoloration On Face And Lips?

Posted on Tue, 7 Oct 2014

Question: Hi, I am XXXX i am 26 years old, Since i was 22 i had a condition when i do cardio or go for a hike i start feeling faint, my lips turns blue and face goes white, i feel like vomiting and i lose control of my bladder. I also lose my vision i see white only. Here in my country they do not have the proper equipment to do proper test so i would like to seek advice. It happened 3 times server and once i was cooking i felt it.

Answered by Dr. Dadapeer K (58 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
May be congenital heart disease.

Detailed Answer:
Dear sir/madam

Welcome to healthcare magic

Lips turning to bluish in color and face turning to white are the signs of cyanosis and hypoxia.

These signs occur when ever there is mixing of venous blood with arterial blood. As your symptoms are aggravated on doing excessive physical activity, I strongly suspect that you might have a small ventricular septal defect or patent ductus arterisus. These small defects will aggravate in adolescence age even though it is present from the birth.

I strongly recommend you to do a 2D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY testing and follow up.

Hope I cleared your questions

Thanks

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju

Follow up: Dr. Dadapeer K (5 hours later)

Thank you very much for the reply. Do you think it has anything to do with my heart or maybe brain? I have done blood tests in the country and they haven't noticed anything . Only I have a mild low blood pressure. I had a missed abortion two weeks ago do you think it had anything to do with it?

Answered by Dr. Dadapeer K (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
It is related to cardiovascular problem.

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thank you for the follow up question.

Mild low blood pressure and missed abortion does not have any relation with your problem.
Thus appears more like heart or vascular problem.
Hence I advice you to consult your doctor for evaluation of cardiovascular status by echo and other investigations.

Hope the information is helpful to you.

Thank you

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dadapeer K (33 minutes later)

Thank you doctor. I have another issue I would like to being up.. its been 4 years now.. I have been cracking my neck to realise pressure on my nerves and I feel some pain lately. . Reason I do so is cause I feel pain in certain areas in my head even at the back of my eyes and sometimes I get a lump on the side of my neck that hurts.. and when I crack my neck I feel it realises. I even sometimes my left side of my body feels numb.

Answered by Dr. Dadapeer K (19 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
This requires evaluation.

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thank you for the follow up.

These symptoms of nunbness sometimes on crackling neck may indicate damage or injury to the nerves in the neck which is resulting in numbness.
Hence I advice you to consult your doctor for examination and evaluation of cervical part of tge spinal cord and neck by investigations like CT or X ray of the neck and treatment accordingly.

Hope the information is helpful to you.

Thank you

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar