Possible causes of Cyanosis (Blue skin coloration)
27 conditions can cause this symptom. Most common are listed first.
- Asthma Common Pediatric
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Common
- Congestive heart failure (CHF) Common Urgent
- Environmental exposure (cold, hypothermia) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Hypoxia (lack of oxygen) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Medication reaction Common Urgent Pediatric
- Narcotic (morphine, heroin) overdose Common Urgent Pediatric
- Pneumonia (lung infection) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Pulmonary edema (abnormal lung fluid) Common Urgent
- Pulmonary embolism (blood clot of lung) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Raynaud's disease Common Pediatric
- Bronchiectasis (bronchial tube inflammation destruction) Urgent
- Bronchiolitis (bronchial tube inflammation) Pediatric
- Congenital heart disease (heart defect at birth) Urgent Pediatric
- Coronary artery anomaly (heart artery malformation) Urgent Pediatric
- Croup (upper airway inflammation) Urgent Pediatric
- Hypoglycemia (low blood glucose) Urgent Pediatric
- Lung cancer (tumor)
- Meconium aspiration Urgent Pediatric
- Methemoglobinemia Urgent
- Myocardial infarction (heart attack) Urgent
- Polycythemia vera (increased blood cells)
- Pulmonary fibrosis (lung scarring)
- Respiratory failure (breathing failure) Urgent
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Urgent Pediatric
- Shock (severe low blood pressure) Urgent
- Shock (severe low blood pressure) Urgent