Blueish round mouth - I need ammo

[VoluptuaGoodshag]

My DD (6) sometimes has a blueish tinge round her mouth. Not her actual lips but just around the mouth area.

She has suffered from bad, persistent coughs in the past and I've twice had her at hospital when she became very wheezy during particularly bad colds. This time, she is getting over a cold but still has a really bad cough (no wheeze though). She's not (so far) been diagnosed as asthmatic though has received an inhaler to get her through the worst of it.

Though she seems a lot better and has been diving around, the cough is still there and sometimes she sounds breathless. I have an appointment at the doc's on Monday and don't want to be fobbed off.

Well, if you phone NHS 24 with blueish lips/mouth, they tell you to send for an ambulance. {personal experience).

Ask to get her oxygen levels checked maybe. I am prone to blueness round the lips and it is nothing serious, but needs checking out under the circumstances.

It's listed here as symptomatic of asthma attack here
If it is persisting post-attack I think you are well within your rights to ask it be investigated or explained.

Afaik it is called syanosis (not sure about spelling)
I get it when walking up hills while pregnant!

cyanosis

Thanks - shall be stroppy mum wanting answers.