r/mildyinteresting • u/monkey5008 • Jul 26 '26

humankind hiccups 😅 My skin is purple sometimes

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Can only post one photo but happens to my hands arms and even my entire legs

Edit No i dont takes inverter Its happens in all temps no triggers Doesn't hurt Im fine yall

Btw if you think these pics are stolen you might have seen them before in r/strange I posted there and the post went viral but got removed so if these seem familiar that is why

Edited everyone saying raynauds but it happens in all temps and also it's the full hand the tips aren't white also it happens up my arms and legs also ive seen countless doctors and they all said they didnt think it was raynauds

I've seen many doctors many times btw

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '26 edited Aug 24 '26

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u/SweetTart7231 Jul 27 '26

Atleast here emergency rooms are for emergencies. Hospitals could be used for many things

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '26 edited Aug 24 '26

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u/cpteric Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

i guess it's a cultural difference that i've experienced first hand. in my current country the hospital is for either

  1. a scheduled operation or test
  2. you've broke shit and/or things that should be inside are outside or vice versa
  3. you can't move and you or whoever found you don't know why

everything else can wait or can be directly taken into a specialist's private office.

back home thought the hospital is also the (exclusive) home of the specialists ( endocrinology, dermatology, plastic surgery, radiology, should-not-be-there-ology ), and you can go to an emergency appointment to a specialist during their consultation hours, if some topic can hardly wait for the general practician appointment -> get a derivation prescription -> get a specialist appointment pipeline.

example: i almost severed my thumb as a child, healing took a decade and many surgeries. If suddenly it started hurting or swelled, or turned purple, or the nail darkened more than it usually did, i was instructed to go to the hospital emergency reception, inform of my surgeon team's name, wait a bit, and they'd proceed to do "cleanup" tasks, and it's the same with most post-ops / recovery processes when a whoopsies happens.

In this case, turning purple for me kind of warrants an expedited visit to an angiologist, because , like when a ship front falls, it's really, really not supposed to do that.

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u/LGEllie Jul 27 '26

Can confirm in Texas at least, going to the hospital with a list of symptoms gets you nowhere really fast. I said at what point will it be serious enough to be treated here, they said when you’re dying, basically. So, yea primary care then referal to a specialist. If nothing comes of that and you can afford it go the medical tourism route. Its a real thing and absolutely worth it from what I've heard. Good luck OP!

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u/Allenheights Aug 02 '26

This is the part where Redditors brag about free healthcare from their heavily taxed, televisionless flat.

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u/ShopVacBSG Jul 27 '26

I had a similar issue growing up where only one arm would turn purple after baseball practice. Come to find out I had a blood clot the size of a pencil in my arm. Something called Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. Granted since this happens randomly for OP and has had it checked out, I’m sure they’ve already done an ultrasound and checked blood flow.. right?

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u/StoreHistorical9175 Jul 26 '26

acrocyanosis. harmless. just happens. bodies are weird sometimes

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u/RedditR_Us Jul 27 '26

As you’re suggesting to go to a hospital when in reality it should be a PCP.

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u/autistic_and_angry Jul 26 '26

It can be harmless, it doesn't mean that it is harmless.

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u/battlejess Jul 26 '26

There are other more serious possibilities.

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u/LaGiuliaH Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

I have acrocyanosis. It is harmless. I was diagnosed with it when I was 3, so a little over 50 years. My extremities including arms and legs look like this 5-10 hours a day. Caffeine, humidity, adderall, cold, heat and everything else under the sun can and do trigger it. Ive had multiple doctors confirm that diagnoses including 2 rheumatologists, a hematologist, a vascular surgeon (all seen for different ailments).

Op has seen many doctors already. I’m sure they can bring up to whomever they see next and see if it may be what troubles them, too.