Blue Skin

Blue skin may refer to:

  • Argyria, caused by the ingestion of elemental silver, silver dust or silver compounds
  • Methemoglobinemia, the presence of excessive levels of Methemoglobin in the blood
  • Cyanosis, caused by the presence of deoxygenated hemoglobin in blood vessels near the skin surface
    • Blue baby syndrome
  • Purpura
    • Bruise
    • Petechia

Famous quotes containing the words blue and/or skin:

    “The moon is my mother. She is not sweet like Mary.
    Her blue garments unloose small bats and owls.”
    —Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    “Your old skin puckering, your lungs’ breath
    Grown baby short as you looked up last
    At my face swinging over the human bed,
    And somewhere you cried, let me go let me go.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)