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Clinical features of blue breath-holding

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As the name would suggest, the main feature is colour change with cyanosis. The heart rate falls less far than in the pallid breath-holding attacks.

The episodes are usually precipitated by scolding or by a temper tantrum in the infant, and are almost invariably self limiting. However, most parents feel unable to not intervene.


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