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Another hand question: Blue Hands?

Asked by lisaj89 (720points) April 4th, 2009

So that other question about the hand reminded me… Has anybody ever had a problem with their hands turning blue? It was the weirdest thing, I was out to dinner tonight and I looked down and both my hands were blue! Not dark blue or purple but just kind of a blue tint. And no, it wasn’t the blue jeans I was wearing b/c about half an hour later they were back to normal.

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asmonet's avatar

two by two
hands of blue

It means you’re evil.

asmonet's avatar

No really, you have poor circulation, talk to your doctor.

shilolo's avatar

You might have Raynaud’s phenomenon. Primary Raynaud’s is a fairly common condition, and is otherwise benign. However, if it persists, you should go see your doctor for a full evaluation to rule out causes of secondary Raynaud’s.

Edit: You can find many images online via Google Images. Here is just one example.

Facade's avatar

Mine do. They turn all sorts of colors.

NaturalMineralWater's avatar

Are you a member of the blue man group? I mean.. do you sleepwalk?

lisaj89's avatar

Thanks shilolo and asmonet for the information. I’ll have to mention these things to my doc next time I go in. I didn’t think to mention that I have been having problems with my blood lately. It was told that I was severely anemic in Feb. and am just now beginning to get back up where I am supposed to be.
Yes, how did you guess… I AM a member of the Blue Man Group! No I do not sleepwalk.

3or4monsters's avatar

My hands get cold and blue, but I don’t know if it’s Reynauds… still fun to administer the “chilly death touch” to unsuspecting warm-bloods. :)

lisaj89's avatar

Well, they weren’t really cold, just blue. I live in AL, so it was about 75 degrees when I realized that I was transforming into a Smurf.

shilolo's avatar

Raynaud’s can be caused by stress, in addition to cold, FYI.

I’m a doctor.

asmonet's avatar

I’m severely anemic and back in the day my hands would turn a little corpsey, get checked. Take your meds. Seriously.

asmonet's avatar

lol, I’m a doctor.

ru2bz46's avatar

Wow, freaky shit! That’s what I love about this site. You never know what you’re going to learn about from moment to moment. :-)

lisaj89's avatar

It could definitely be stress, shilolo, I’ve been studying for a calculus exam all day on top of upcoming finals!

bythebay's avatar

@shilolo: You’re a doctor; yeah right! ;)

lisaj89's avatar

The mysterious case of the blue hands has been solved! The medicine I was on caused my BP to skyrocket and so the BP made my hands have some kind of a spasm (cant remember exact name-Vasor spasm, maybe?) which is why they turned blue. Case closed! Thanks for everybody’s input.

bythebay's avatar

@lisaj89: Glad the case is solved & hope you’re feeling better!

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