Hi,

Thanks for the query.

Bluish discoloration of the nose could be due to various causes such as fracture of the basilar bone in the skull, easy bruising (blood related disorders), cold weather, hay fever, nasal surgery, genetic, fair skinned people, etc.

Your doctor could have suspected the discoloration to be either nasal trauma or some blood related disorders. Many a times, the bluish discoloration is also seen in thin and fair individuals as the blood vessels below the superficial skin layer will appear prominent and this is a normal phenomenon.

I do feel it could be normal discoloration, as there is no previous history of trauma over the nose or easy bruising over the joints, or over the places exposed to trauma, etc. Easy bruising is seen in blood related disorders (the condition related to the problems with the blood vessel or problems with the blood itself); to mention a few - Hemophilia (coagulation problems), Leukemia (blood cell disorder), Scurvy (Vit C deficiency), Vit k deficiency, etc. or as a normal phenomenon in few females which is purely benign.

To sum it up, the discoloration of the nose could be a normal thing, if your doctor still suspects the possibility of any of above mentioned conditions you can run through a battery of test to rule out the same.

Hope I have answered your query; I will be available for the follow-up queries.

Regards
Dr. Naveen Kumar N.
ENT and Head & Neck Surgeon

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