A baby who is cyanotic (blue), due usually to a heart malformation that prevents the baby's blood from being fully oxygenated. The bluish color reflects the deoxygenated state of the blood. (Oxygenated blood is red.)
As the name depicts, the blue baby syndrome is the bluish discoloration of an infant's skin due to a lack of oxygen in the hemoglobin of their blood. It is also called as Infant Methemoglobinemia. A few babies are born with certain conditions or defects of heart leading to blue or cyanotic babies.
