Bluish Discoloration Of The Skin

Dr. Sucharitra PicassoBHMSHomeopath

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Hi, There are few physical sign in smokers who smoke cigarette, try to find out those ones: -One of the most common and immediate symptoms of smoking is the persistent smokers' cough. The cough is usually the worst in the morning and lessens throughout the day. -Teeth of smokers show brownish black staining from inside and yellow discoloration from outside. -While yellowing teeth may take some time to appear, smoking cigarettes can cause yellow stains on the fingers and fingernails almost immediately. -A wheezing sound can indicate several different physical conditions, but one of them is damaged airways/lungs from smoking. ­-Shortness of breath is a tell-tale sign of a smoker. -Smokers are more prone to getting certain respiratory diseases like colds, bronchitis, and pneumonia. -Lips have a bluish-black discoloration in heavy smokers. -Premature wrinkling: ‘Crows feet’, ‘cobblestone wrinkles’, ‘smoker's face’: Crow's feet is the prominent lines and wrinkles starting from the corner of the eyes. Cobblestone wrinkles are wrinkles that run down at the back of the neck. Smokers also produce matrix metalloproteinase in excess, which degrades collagen and skin loses elasticity as a result. A typical “smoker's face” showing dryness of skin, wrinkles originating from the sides of eyelids running up to cheek called “crow's feet”, wrinkles in front of the ears, and wrinkles running down the neck. -Nodular elastosis of skin with comedone formation. -Multiple open and closed comedones (black heads) over forehead and furrowed wrinkled skin, produced by chronic sun exposure and heavy smoking. Multiple open and closed comedones are present in the periorbital and temporal areas with yellowish discoloration, yellowish nodules, atrophy, wrinkles, and furrows. The eruption is usually bilaterally symmetrical. No inflammation is present, unlike the comedones seen in acne vulgaris. Apart from physical signs and symptoms, the other signs can also help you: -See if their clothes (or hair) smells like smoke. -Look for burn holes in the carpet, in their car, and in their clothing. -If they use mouthwash or gum more frequently. 

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Hello lybrate-user symptoms of flu and common cold are almost same but flu has more severe symptoms than cold. Common cold respiratory tract infection caused by viruses most commonly rhinovirus. Symptoms are runny nose, stuffy nose, sore throat, sneezing, mild to moderate fever, cough, headache, mild body ache and fatigue. It is contagious first 2 to3days so stay home and rest. For symptomatic treatment you can take antihistamine like diphenhydramine, ebastine, pheniramine, cetrizine or levocetrizine. Decongestant that relieve nasal congestion are ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, oxymetazoline, phenylephrine, xylometazoline. Pain killer ibuprofen, acetaminophen. Gargels with warm water and steam inhalation. Stay away from sick persons and avoid sharing their personal things. Wash hands with soap and water and maintain good hygiene. Flu caused by influenza a, b andc viruses. Season is spring and winter months. Symptoms are more severe like severe dry hacking cough, moderate to high fever, severe sore throat, severe body and muscle aches, headache, runny nose, and fatigue sometimes diarrhoea and vomiting. Treatment rest at home and drink plenty of fluids. Take symptomatic treatment. Doctor may prescribe some antiviral drugs like tamiflu, zanamivir. Immediately consult a doctor if you have fast breathing, high persistent fever, chest pain and cough with green mucus, bluish discoloration of skin, confusion and persistent vommiting. 

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