Blue lips, please help my peace of mind

Hello everyone,

I'm hoping someone can answer this for me... I was at my Neurologists today and showed her that my lips turn bluish after standing for a minute. This has been happening for at least a few years.

She got me an appointment with a heart specialistant in two days, which freaked me out a bit as the waiting list is months long.

My question is, over the years i've worn a halter monitor, had a heart ultrasound and chest xray... would these have shown something if there was an issue with my heart? What else will they do?

thanks for any insight you can give me

They might also do an angiogram to study blood flow through the arteries and vessels of your heart.  Your symptoms could be related to circulatory problems.

Thank you very much Hep93 and Kitt for your responses

I'm back with an update.  The doctor I saw was actually an Internist, she was very thorough and very good.   She really thinks the bluish lips aren't anything serious as everything with the clinical exam was perfectly normal.  As a precaution she's ordered a heart echo, lung function test, chest xray and a boatload of blood tests (diabetes, thyroid, etc etc).

At first she couldn't see the color change in my lips, but after standing for a couple minutes she did, but said it wasn't very impressive. LOL

Thanks again for your feedback and if we find any answers I will update again.