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Low Oxygen Levels and Need for Oxygen Support

Bucsfan4lyfe

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Has anyone had their oxygen level go down and have to be put on oxygen?

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    • uno

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      @Lynda76 will have to google CHF

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    • Lynda76

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      The lung cancer can definitely have something to do with it I have sleep apnea and CHF my lungs fill with fluid most times I have to sleep in a sitting position

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      • uno

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        @Lynda76 will have to google CHF

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      • uno

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        @Lynda76 oh my goodness! Prayers and blessings to you. Feel very blessed that I take no meds and only do oxygen at night.

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    • uno

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      My pulmonologist did a sleep study and my oxygen dips down into 70s so was put on night oxygen. Daytime is good. Any info on why this is??

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      • Lynda76

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        @uno u may have sleep apnea.. I do I actually stop breathing at nite

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        • uno

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          @Lynda76 thank you for somewhere to researchšŸ„°. Haven't gotten any info from Dr as to why

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    • Lynda76

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      Yes I'm on home oxygen I was told when your blood oxygen level reaches 91% that is home oxygen level I reached 84% back in November been on it ever since..

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      • Bucsfan4lyfe

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        @Lynda76 did they find out what caused yours to drop?

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        • Lynda76

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          @Bucsfan4lyfe I had triple bypass in October by November I was 84 they sent me to er my lungs were still full of fluid left more than right my diaphragm was paralyzed and pneumonia set in .. oh and then I overheard the CHF part nobody even told me

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    • DaniBear

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      yes i did post transplant. the only thing i hated was it would make my nose extremely dry in the morning or sometimes cause a bloody nose. luckily i was only on it for a week.

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      • LaDayna

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        @DaniBear I am going on past a month. I have an oxygen concentrater.....there is a moisture adding thing on it. 50 foot line.....I feel like a chained dog.

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    • kittykatcoo

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      Don't know I've never been on oxygen I've met non smokers tho on it but also you just shouldn't smoke or breath crap in ur lungs!

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    • crzy1

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      What is the reasoning for it to drop? Is it Covid related?

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      • LaDayna

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        @crzy1 , not covid related. Gaining 20 pounds in 6 months and not being active enough.

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    • Preschool_Teacher

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      Yes Iā€™m the hospital

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      • LaDayna

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        @Preschool_Teacher , I hope you will be getting better. I am on oxygen at home since the last day of March.

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