- Attempting to assuage a toothache, a woman developed severe cyanosis (low blood oxygen) after applying 'large amounts' of topical benzocaine. The condition resulted in strikingly blue/black blood. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmicm1816026 3 comments science
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- Feeling blue: US woman treated by doctors after blood turned navy | Rhode Island | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/19/woman-navy-blue-blood-rhode-island-hospital 1254 comments
- A common numbing medication turned a woman's blood blue https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/common-numbing-medication-turned-woman-s-blood-blue-n1055991 0 comments
- A numbing medicine turned a woman's blood blue | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/19/health/blue-blood-trnd/index.html 0 comments
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