Cyanosis of nasolabial triangle, the child

Called cyanosis bluish discoloration of the skin in different parts of the body. It should not be confused with redness in the cry of a baby, straining, coughing, spotted rash of a different nature.

The child often occurs cyanosis of nasolabial triangle and under the eyes. This is due to thin skin, pass through itself changed the color of the blood in the capillary channel. Light cyanosis in children under one year is not considered a pathology. It is possible for the temporary disrupted the balance of oxygen consumption.

What causes cyanosis in children?

In respiratory failure there are 3 degrees. The determination of these matters the prevalence of cyanosis on the baby's skin:

• first degree — there is an intermittent cyanosis of the perioral region, disappears after breathing oxygen-air mixture, consisting of 50% O2;
• second degree — except for lip cyanosis extends to the hands, face, inhalation mixture does not disappear, but can be addressed through the oxygen tent;
• third degree — the diffuse cyanosis does not disappear using the inhalation method of treatment.

Peripheral cyanosis

The classical picture of peripheral cyanosis is observed in Raynaud's disease the adolescents. Contraction, paroxysmal spasm of the arteries and capillaries of the hands causes the characteristic clinic: blue, whitening, and then redness of the fingers.

A special kind of peripheral symptoms is considered acrocyanosis — simultaneous blue toes and hands, lips and perioral space, ears, tip of the nose. This type is typical for a child with a heart defect:

• mitral stenosis;
• a cleft arterial duct or the interventricular foramina;
• insufficiency of the tricuspid valve;
• a combined defect.

Especially in the treatment of children with cyanosis

The basis of treatment is a targeted effect on the cause of the disease. For reducing cyanosis, the doctor judges the effectiveness of applied therapy.