Maybe I worded the question too "broad"... I was looking for things like Ischemia and etc.
I'm sorry but, I don't know what a Papa Smurf is.... I'm assuming this condition has something to do with pigments.
BTW, what are you aiming to become in the medical field? A certain specialty?
Just curious from another future medical professional.
I am an M.D. only on Pebhmong. Working on my Ph.D. in Pebhmong as well. I also freelance as an armchair anthropologist in many of these forums.
In the medical field, only a small bit of information is given to you. You must find those details and formulate the possibilities. The man in question has blue skin. He did not dye his skin for any reason. (
Blue skin) He stated that he has a medical condition. After he started treatment, his skin turned blue.
In medicine, you are expected to work backwards. So, his blue skin must be a side effect of a treatment. Next, what drug would do this? Once you know the drug, you know what kind of medical condition he has.
Another way of asking the same question (the above is what separates an
A student from an average one). A man comes to your ER with syncope. A battery of tests were done. The diagnoses was confirmed with an EKG (bingo). You prescribed a medication and was sent home after overnight observation. This same man showed up a month later with blue skin. He stated that nothing changed in his life. He asked if eating blueberries could have caused this? What was his condition and what medication was given?