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:

    Little Boy Blue,
    Come blow your horn,
    Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. Little Boy Blue (l. 1–2)

    Nor skin nor hide nor fleece
    shall cover you,
    nor curtain of crimson nor fine
    shelter of cedar-wood be over you,
    nor the fir-tree
    nor the pine.
    Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)