tamlis
09-22-2003, 01:21 AM
I have pretty good blood oxygen levels, about 92-96%, but when I start to walk around with anything other than sitting, it starts going down sometimes 10 points, and under 90%. What can cause this?
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wrin
09-23-2003, 08:44 PM
If your oxygen levels drop that much, there is a significant pathology behind it.
Either that or the oximeter is being wonky.
In the country and province I live in, people whose oxygen saturations drop that much with exercise can qualify to recieve supplemental oxygen. Not everybody qualifies for this -- not even everybody with disease problems like emphysema.
YOUR DOCTOR SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS.
Either that or the oximeter is being wonky.
In the country and province I live in, people whose oxygen saturations drop that much with exercise can qualify to recieve supplemental oxygen. Not everybody qualifies for this -- not even everybody with disease problems like emphysema.
YOUR DOCTOR SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS.