 [ Symptoms ] when your lips turn blue and around your mouth turns blue is that high blood pressure [ Disease ] hi found you this i think this match is up with your symptoms medical author melissa conrad stoppler md related symptoms & signs skin discoloration depigmentation of skin shortness of breath cyanosis is the medical term for a bluish color of the skin and the mucous membranes due to an insufficient level of oxygen in the blood for example the lips and fingernails may show cyanosis cyanosis can be evident at birth due to the presence of a heart malformation that permits blood that is not fully oxygenated to enter the arterial circulation cyanosis can also appear at any time later in life and often accompanies conditions in which lung function is compromised resulting in an inability to fully oxygenate the blood or conditions in which the heart is pumping function is compromised the presence of abnormal forms of hemoglobin or other abnormalities of the blood cells can also sometimes cause cyanosis the medical term for lowered oxygen levels is hypoxia the term anoxia refers to the absence of oxygen pseudocyanosis is the appearance of cyanosis that is not associated with reduced oxygen delivery to tissues most causes are related to the ingestion of metals such as silver or lead or drugstoxins do hope this helps you good luck