The dangers of blue lips in babies

All parents hope that their children are healthy. In fact, sometimes you can tell whether a child is healthy or not just by looking at his lips. If your child's lips turn blue, I believe his or her parents will be very worried. So, parents should understand in advance what harm may occur if their baby’s lips turn blue. Let’s take a look at it next.

1. If a child's lips start to turn blue after playing for a while, parents should take the child to the hospital to check the heart development, because cyanosis is the main symptom of congenital heart disease.

2. If the baby's lips are blue, it means there is less oxygen in the blood, which is often seen in congenital heart disease and lung diseases. If the disease is not discovered promptly and comprehensive treatment is not given early after birth, most children are prone to complications and die. Therefore, if parents find the following phenomena during their children's growth and development, they should go to the hospital for examination in time.

3. Blue lips in babies are often accompanied by the child being in poor spirits, tired and less active. Infants cry less frequently, and their cries are weak and low. They are not easily made to laugh, or only smile faintly after repeated amusing cries. Their cries are low and timid, and their breathing will speed up and their lips will turn cyanotic if the cries are kept low for too long. When they grow up, they often feel exhausted, like to sit or stand alone, and feel incapable of various sports activities or labor. Children with developmental delay and low immunity often have delayed closure of fontanelles, late teething, delayed speech, slow walking, and slow reaction. Poor digestive function, poor appetite, small food intake, frequent nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, indigestion, etc. It is easy to cause malnutrition and complications such as acute bronchitis, pneumonia, heart failure, etc., and patients often seek medical treatment due to cough, sputum, hemoptysis, fever, and difficulty breathing.

The above is all the content that the editor introduced to you about the blue lips of babies. I believe that after reading it, you should have known the dangers of blue lips of babies. In fact, there are many reasons why a baby's lips turn blue, one of the more serious ones is heart problems, so if a baby's lips turn blue, it should be checked in time.