Update On My Friend- Why Are His Feet Blue

[gordiescotland1]

Hi there I went to see my friend this afternoon in hospital and I was quite upset about how he looked. He had an oxygen thingy in his nose a drip up with sodium in it. He gets attacks of sudden shortness of breath despite being on oxygen. And one thing I noticed are his feet are blue i believe it is called peripheral cyanosis. He said the doctor saw him last night and said it was unlikely he was going to get home and that the CT scan showed a mass on his pancreas and his lungs. He was given an echocardiogram at his bed this afternoon while we went out of the room. Could a bad heart cause blue feet?

[douglas9401]

Yes, they're farthest away from the pump and the pump isn't working properly.

[Sqad]

" Could a bad heart cause blue feet?"

As douglas succinctly put it....almost certainly due to his COPD....not enough oxygen in the blood to satisfy the "outposts."

[rowanwitch]

The body doesnt waste valuable resources on the periphery when the heart lungs and brain need them. Dave was like this before he died hands too. I