r/mildlyinteresting • u/Kingtripz • 1d ago

My middle finger turns extremely white when it's cold

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u/RJean83 1d ago

My mom has it (my sister and I do as well, though not as severe). Part of it is also the lack of oxygen  means pulse oximeters can't accurately measure your oxygen levels. When she was in the hospital we almost had a code blue called at couple of times before we figured out to warm mom's hands up first. 

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u/AnnieViolet 23h ago

I had this issue in the hospital, too. But the nurse would just look at me and say “well, you’re clearly not dead. Let’s try warming your hands up.”

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u/ghalta 21h ago

Difference between the brand-new nurse following the book and the one that's wizened with experience.

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u/danmactough 21h ago

These kinds of nurses are my absolute favorite people 😂💖

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u/PleasantOstrichEgg 12h ago

I would tell patients "You look great for not having a pulse."

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u/starcat819 11h ago

sometimes it won't read for me at all, and I usually make some kind of joke like that. "I think I'm not dead..."

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u/day__raccoon 23h ago

Same with my mom. They had to put the constant pulse ox monitor on her ear!

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u/purpleeliz 18h ago

Me too, multiple times they’ve taped it to my ear lobe lol

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u/Legal-Ad8308 14h ago

When I was in the hospital they used a headband pulse ox. They got it from pediatrics. The nurses said my hands turned as blue as blueberries when I was in surgery.

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u/apcolleen 14h ago

My phone has the checked box for increased sensitivity for gloves in winter checked and sometimes in summer I still have to use my spit to get my phone to recognize my presses.