WIBU to book a GP appointment after my child’s lips turned blue one time?

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My child was out playing in the garden today (uk so it’s been very hot again!) and I suddenly noticed her lips had turned blue. I checked and she wasn’t cold, wasn’t ill, didn’t feel poorly, she was just blue. I brought her in and kept an eye on her, but after about ten minutes they were back to normal.

I’ve had a quick google (I know, terrible idea!) which ranged from 999, take her to hospital, or see a doctor. I’ve watched her all evening and honestly she’s fine and I don’t want to waste medical professional’s time. Would I be unreasonable to make an appointment with the GP tomorrow though? I don’t want to go over the top when it’s only happened once, and it’s her last week of school. But then I feel like I should get it checked?
WIBU to push to see a GP tomorrow?

Ring 111 for advice.

And it definitely wasnt anything situational? no recent ingestion of anything coloured?

Was there any grey tinge to her skin? Or was it just blue lips, was there anything else at all?

Was she able to talk normally, breathe normally, was she impacted in any other way or acting totally normal?

I would definitely get her to the GP to get her checked over. I’m sure there are other causes of blue lips but I frequently had them for many years due to a heart condition. (I am now on medication and don’t get them anymore). Obvs it may not be anything serious but definitely worth seeing the doctor.

She hadn’t eaten anything coloured, had eaten her (bbq) lunch nicely and she only drinks water. Her skin was normal coloured and she felt fine in herself. She was wanting to continue playing in the garden and most unhappy I brought her inside.

@WaveToMe thanks, I wasn’t sure if I was over reacting

Yes I would. If she’d been swimming in cold water or it was winter I’d know it was normal. But on a hot day? Strange.

Had she been in a cold paddling pool?

My son's lips can turn a very pale colour when he hasn't drunk enough. My niece had episodes of lips turning blue after being in cold water even when air temp was high. She was later diagnosed with a hole in the heart and needed surgery so it is definitely worth speaking to a doctor.

Maybe its the start of raynauds. Some people get blue lips others fingers and toes. How was her tongue?

My lips used to go blue when I ate ice cream! Had she had any?

I would say ring 111, but they left us waiting over 24 hours for a callback regarding my 4 year old by which time she had recovered, else we would've gone straight to a&e the previous day.
I would definitely get it checked though incase its something serious.

I think the GP is appropriate. Did you have a photo? If it happens again, make sure to take one

This happened to my ds at around age 2.5. He’d recently had an awful sickness bug but was two days free of vomiting. We were having breakfast and his lips went blue and he went a bit ‘funny’ so I called doctors and they said A&E. Turned out he was dehydrated and had high ketones in his blood. It was quite scary as docs were thinking it was diabetes. I ended up staying in hospital for around 12 hours with him doing a managed fluid intake and repeated finger prick tests until he returned to normal.
It was just said that he was dehydrated from the sickness bug and needed help getting fluid back into him.
I did a lot of googling around diabetes after that as it was pretty scary and staff at A&E were very concerned for him. I did read that people who are diagnosed as diabetic can have a history of these episodes through infancy/childhood before being diagnosed as diabetic so I do keep an eye on him now and look out for diabetic symptoms. He does drink a lot and can have periods of weeing a lot too.
He also suffers from anaemia and has recently had another blood test as I feel he is low again as his symptoms for that have returned.

I’d want a GP appointment Op at the very least.

This is my daughter too, a teeny hole but it may have contributed to her having a stroke which is when it was detected via specialist ultrasound.

Take her to the gp it could be nothing but cyanosis indicates a lack of oxygen

It would make sense to get it checked out. I know I would.

See a doctor anyway for peace of mind, but my DC gets blue/purple lips after eating anything vinegary. Crisps, ketchup, anything pickled. Only lasts about 10 minutes. Took me ages to figure out what was causing it.

If she’d got out of the paddling pool, sprinkler I wouldn’t. But any other circumstances then I would

Worthwhile getting a GP appointment so she can be checked out, just in case, although unlikely, its anything to do with her heart.

Definitely that can be an indicator of some quite serious things which need ruling out

My dd gets silent asthma attacks. Her lips turning blue is one symptom.

A trip to the GP is not an overreaction.