Posted on 02/27/2008 6:57:19 AM PST by FreeAtlanta
excerpted from medhelp;
Low oxygen content of the blood can cause blue lips. This can be due to low counts or due to problems with oxygenation of the blood. It would be interesting to know what your blood oxygen saturation is during the episodes. Do they last for very long? If so then your brother may have time to come over to your house to check with a saturation monitor (many EMTs have this equipment). If it is low then your doctor would have to look for sources of low oxygen such as blood clots, sickle cell disease or other hemoglobin abnormalities. A hematologist could check for these various disorders.
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However, our presidents need to be reasonably healthy and of sound mind. Any medical conditions should be revealed.
Cigarette smoking
I think it’s an honest observation too.
Also, the “IBTZ” nonsense on FR goes too far sometimes. People seem to have a hair trigger about it.
1. It’s fair to ask about candidates’ health issues.
2. If Barak Obama were a white man and had bluish lips, we would think he was becoming cyanotic and had a very serious health problem involving oxygen deprivation of some sort—COPD, constrictive airways disease, heart failure, etc.
3. Barak Obama is not a white man—at least, not entirely. His lips naturally have a dark purplish pigmentation. This is often seen on people with his particular skin tone and racial/ethnic background and it’s not indicative of respiratory or circulatory disease.
Kisses Papa Smurf too much......and we all know the Smurfs were commies!
I must be dumb, I didn’t realize that he was lips were blue, but that gives him a broader base of support, now all blue people can happily vote for him also.
I knew there was something odd about his lips, but just didn’t identify the blue.
smoking can reduce blood oxygen levels, does Barry secretly smoke?
I thought it was my TV.
This Thread saved me $1200.
He doesn't secretely smoke. He openly but discretely smokes.
Must we bring the Yankees into this????????????
That group is just SO gay. Maybe he’d be into that.
>> It’s fair to ask about candidates’ health issues.
I guarantee the DBM will be all over John McCain for HIS health issues.
Oh, good grief. This is beyond bizarre. Very stupid.
No need to worry. If a Democrat presidential candidate has serious health issues it will be investigated by the MSM and reported before the election.
Just like they did with FDR, JFK, and Bubba
Pine to #22 LOL!
Because of his coronation, it must be because he’s a blue-blood.
Maybe someone could present him with an O2 sensor like pilots use. It would be interesting.
Why not? I fully expect Obama to perform in the general election the same way A-Rod does in the post-season.
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