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cyanosis

Bluish discoloration of the skin or mucous membranes, usually around the mouth, due to diminished uptake of oxygen. It is most often seen in diseases of the heart or lungs.
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Affected patients present with abnormal breathing and other symptoms, which may include cough, dysphagia, vomiting, cyanosis, and hemoptysis.
Infantile supraglottic hemangioma: a case report by Yilmaz, Suleyman / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
These include abnormal or high-pitched cry, hypothermia, poor temperature control, sweating, poor suck or refusal to feed, tremors, exaggerated Moro's reflex, irritability, lethargy, hypotonia, seizures, cyanosis, pallor, tachypnoea, apnoea, abnormal eye movements, tachycardia, congestive heart failure and respiratory distress.
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Other common findings included cyanosis (63%), crackles (70%), hepatomegaly (60%), and edema (73%) (Sandoval et al.
Case report: a case of wood-smoke-related pulmonary disease by Balmes, John R. / Environmental Health Perspectives
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