Cyanosis, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
Cyanosis, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
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Overview
Cyanosis is a medical symptom of bluish color to the skin or mucus membranes that is usually due to a lack of oxygen in the blood.
The red blood cells are bright red in color; as a result the normal skin has a pinkish or red hue.
Blood that has no more or low oxygen is dark bluish-red.
People whose blood is low in oxygen are likely to have a bluish color to their skin, called cyanosis.
Cyanosis may arise suddenly, along with shortness of breath and other symptoms.
Cyanosis that is produced by long-term heart or lung problems may develop slowly.
The cyanosis may be present, but is often not severe.
The cyanosis may be difficult to detect when the oxygen levels have dropped only a small amount.
Cyanosis in the mucus membranes (lips, gums, around the eyes) and nails can be seen easier especially in dark-skinned people.
Cyanosis present in only one area of the body may be due to:
1. A blood clot (thrombosis) that blocks the blood supply to a foot, hand, leg, or arm
2. Raynaud phenomenon
Most cyanosis happens because of insufficient oxygen in the blood.
This can be due to:
1. Disorders with the lungs:
2. Blood thrombosis or clot in the arteries of the lungs (pulmonary embolism)
3. Drowning or near-drowning
4. High altitude
5. Infection in the smallest air passages in the children’s lungs (bronchiolitis)
6. Prolonged lung problems such as interstitial lung disease, asthma and COPD
7. Pneumonia (severe)
Medical history is:
1. Time blue color appear
2. Develop slowly or fast
3. Blue appearance of lips or nails
4. Difficulty in taking a deep breath or the breathing is getting faster, or harder.
5. The need to lean forward when sitting to breathe
Diagnosis is by:
1. Arterial blood gas analysis
2. Blood oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry
3. Chest x-ray
Bluish skin (cyanosis) can be a sign of many dangerous medical disorders.
In emergency situations (such as shock), the patient will be stabilized first.
For shortness of breath and cyanosis, the best treatment is oxygen
TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Cyanosis
Chapter 2 Causes
Chapter 3 Symptoms
Chapter 4 Diagnosis
Chapter 5 Treatment
Chapter 6 Prognosis
Chapter 7 Raynaud’s Syndrome
Chapter 8 Congenital Heart Disease
Epilogue
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940153818696 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Kenneth Kee |
| Publication date: | 10/31/2016 |
| Sold by: | Smashwords |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 113 KB |
About the Author
Medical doctor since 1972.
Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.
Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.
Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74
However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours in
the afternoon.
He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.
His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com
This autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.
From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.
He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.
He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.
Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.
For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.
The later books go into more details of medical disorders.
He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.
The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.
He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.
His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.
The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.
He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) starting
with the Apple computer and going to PC.
The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.
The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.
He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.
His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.
The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.
This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.
Dr Kee is the author of:
"A Family Doctor's Tale"
"Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine"
"Case Notes From A Family Doctor"