Question

What is a Pink Puffer?

What is Blue Blower?

What are the differences?

Answer 1

Pink puffer is a person who is thin , breathing fast and pink in colour and has shortness of breath and pursed lip breathing. People with emphysema are called pink puffers.

Blue blower is the term used for people with chronic bronchitis with bluish coloured skin and lips whose blood oxygen levels are low. They usually have chronic cough and shortness of breath.

Blue blowers represent patient with chronic bronchitis. And have symptoms such as shortness of breath, chronic cough, excessive mucus ,over weight and ,wheezing .Pink puffers represent patient with emphysema and have symptoms such as barrel chest , enlarged lungs ,shortness of breath and weight loss.