To be a little concerned? DS lips are blueish

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Firstly, I tried to ring 111 but they're experiencing high volume of calls and was told by robot woman to hang up unless it was an emergency.

DS aged 1 has normal temperature (36.5), had two episodes of vomiting on Saturday night but has been fine otherwise. As he has woken up this morning, his lips are very grey/blue and his hands are very cold. He seems absolutely fine in himself, a runny nose (which he constantly has) and is happy, etc. I've taken him into nursery and told them, they said they'd keep an eye. But it's really starting to play on my mind now as I'm on my way in. He had sepsis at less than a month old, so I am a little cautious!

Should I be taking him somewhere?

I think I would take him to the docs as he’s so little. Hope he’s better soon.

Ring your GP right now and explain, they’ll either give you an urgent appointment or send you straight to A&E, never ignore blue lips and cold hands, can be signs of something more serious like sepsis. Please ring straight away.

Id say gp appointment asap. Blue lips means he's not got enough oxygen in his blood.

When my dd had bronchiolitis, she didn't have a temp but her lips went blue.

I'd book a gp appt for this morning.

I would follow your instinct and I guess better a medic checks he’s fine though from his behaviour it sounds likely he is. Could he have been cold? DS’ lips went a bit blue at that age when swimming and he’s always been strong and healthy.
I hope it’s nothing and understand your worry after coping with sepsis

I would get him looked at - respiratory problems for little babies can be nasty.

Please go to A&E. Blue/grey lips is a sign he's not getting enough oxygen, which could be something life threatening. The staff will take you seriously and should see you immediately since he's so young.

Straight to A&E. Hope he's ok.

A&E. Those are worrying symptoms.

If you can't get an appointment with your GP this morning take him to A&E. Blue lips can be a sign of heart problems. (Sorry not meaning to scare you).

A an e. Hope you are on your way.

My DS used to get this occasionally last year (ie aged 1), when he woke up in the morning and the house was cold.
Because he was otherwise fine in himself I didnt do anything and it gradually disappeared during the course of the morning.
If you are concerned though, I totally understand why you'd want to get him checked out.
Equally, it might well just be nothing more than a susceptibility to cold (as it was for my DS)

I would take him to be seen - just to be sure. Hope everything's ok.

Whilst I would never argue with getting a sick child seen, my 2.5yo DS gets blue lips quite regularly. In his case it is simply the cold and is in no way connected with illness (so different to your DS if he's also ill, although if he's back at nursery he must be mostly better?). Google/NHS website will confirm it can be normal for children. In my DS it's most noticeable when he's been in the swimming pool a long while, or first thing in the morning after drinking a bowl of chilled milk in his cereal.

But if in doubt, doctor's. I certainly ran it by our gp before I was comfortable with it.

Needs to be seen and his blood saturation checked.

He needs to see a doctor. If GP can't see him this morning i would go to walk in.

The 111 woman always says that (I ring a lot for work), it's to discourage idiots ringing up about a hangover or a splinter etc
As others have said though, immediate medical attention needed here - GP or A&E whichever is closer and quicker, they will always rather see a bit poorly baby than wait and it get worse

We’ve been through this with 2.5yr old. She had Kawasaki at 6 months and never had a follow up heart scan. For the last few months she been having reoccurring blue lips. Multiple times a day! We have been to the drs a few times and all they do is monitor her stats and listen to her heart etc. All numbers were fine so we were sent home. But they have now referred her for an echo ultrasound just to make sure her heart wasn’t damaged x

As he has been ill, call your gp. Mine would arrange to see a young child quickly for something like that.

Dd does get blue lips occassionally. She is three and whenever she faffs about after getting out the bath and whinges about having a towel her lips go blue from the cold. Warm pyjamas and a hug turns them back again. Hopefully your ds is just prone to showing blue lips when cold.

Emlou that's exactly all our GP did for periodic blue lips; listened to his heart and said it's normal for children when they get cold, although it can be associated with heart conditions. No reason to suspect DS has one in our case. I'd be surprised if a doctor did more than this for the OP if her DC is otherwise well in himself, although of course I'm not a professional.

I'm not saying don't get checked though if the op's worried, just not to panic :)

His lips are perfectly pink now, heart/chest has been listened too - he's just cold! I think this is the first time he's had his chest listened too and he hasn't got bronchitis/bronchiolitis! back to nursery he goes...

Aw fab, good work op. It's disconcerting isn't it!

Oh so pleased to hear that!