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What Causes Purplish Hands And Rapid Breathing While Having Heart Murmur?

my 3 month old daughter has a grade 2 heart murmur, she has had some episodes of rapid breathing, she sometimes has purplish hands but not all the time she has had a cough on and off for 2 weeks she is due to have an echo in a weeks time, should i be concerned?
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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hi,
having purple hands may be due to cyanosis - cause could be central (related to heart) or peripheral.
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What Causes Purplish Hands And Rapid Breathing While Having Heart Murmur?

hi, having purple hands may be due to cyanosis - cause could be central (related to heart) or peripheral.