Re: Re: WAY of topic

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That is what I thought so until I get better answers I'm thinking it must be

false readings. I know to qualify for O2 on Medicare it has to be, if I

remember correctly 85. My sis was once at 86 having a terrible time but

Medicare has their rules, regardless. Months ago I had lots of breathing tests

and all was ok, and asthma meds did not help me at all. The problem I was

chasing was a cough so bad I would stop breathing.

With the kids did you ever have times when it wouldn't read at all and is the

finger clip what they use?

Betty

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I know that with children with asthma, they put them on O2 if their

pulse ox falls below 90% at rest. If admitted to the hopsital, they

will not release them from the hospital until their pulse ox is

staying at 95% or higher at rest on room air. The lowest I've seen

one of my kids go before we got help for him was 85%, and that was

very scary... he was blue.

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> It seems that this group is most suscessful when it comes to

finding information. I've looked...til I gave up.

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> Starting a few months ago it became sporatic to get a reading on

my oxygen levels by those little finger clips they use. I think it

is now past the sporatic stage.

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> I have had 3 eye surgeries in the last few months, no big deal,

but they use the clips and mine will not register at all anymore.

Cataract a couple weeks ago I thought they would cancel the

surgery. They taped the end to my earlobes and it

worked...sporadically. The people doing that concluded that it was

not really the level, just miss reading or some such as it would

have numbers all over, like 99 then 40, then 75 and they said oxygen

levels could not possibly could do that. I am to have the other dye

done in a couple weeks and I don't want that messed up. I will ask

the eye doctor.

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> I have been seeing a pulmonary doc since about the first of the

year but O2 level hasn't been discussed as in March it read a 99.

Yesterday I saw him again and really let an opportunity go by when I

should have asked. When he was finishing up I mentioned that they

had not been able to get the meter(s), they tried different ones. I

told him about the problem with surgery and that the conclusion had

been made that I could not possibly fluctuate that much and that was

not really the O2 level. He said that it was the level to which I

replied how could that be as I thought oxygen was necessary. All in

all (my fault) I did not ask him what ramifications that has. I

have a call in to him now and hope I get it. Looks to me like that

would be very significant or not at all. And if it is significant I

think he would have volunteered the information. Anybody know

anything about that subject or how to find it? Searching diabetes I

can type in " goals " or " targets " or " norms " and get lots of hits but

that isn't working in regard to O2.

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[Guest guest]

Betty,

Since you have said you have Raynaud's and diabetes, pulse oximetry would

not necessarily yield reliable results (even at your earlobes) because of

vasoconstriction issues.

Not an MD

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

[ ] Re: WAY of topic

>

>

> I know that with children with asthma, they put them on O2 if their

> pulse ox falls below 90% at rest. If admitted to the hopsital, they

> will not release them from the hospital until their pulse ox is

> staying at 95% or higher at rest on room air. The lowest I've seen

> one of my kids go before we got help for him was 85%, and that was

> very scary... he was blue.

>

>

>

>

> >

> > It seems that this group is most suscessful when it comes to

> finding information. I've looked...til I gave up.

> >

> > Starting a few months ago it became sporatic to get a reading on

> my oxygen levels by those little finger clips they use. I think it

> is now past the sporatic stage.

> >

> > I have had 3 eye surgeries in the last few months, no big deal,

> but they use the clips and mine will not register at all anymore.

> Cataract a couple weeks ago I thought they would cancel the

> surgery. They taped the end to my earlobes and it

> worked...sporadically. The people doing that concluded that it was

> not really the level, just miss reading or some such as it would

> have numbers all over, like 99 then 40, then 75 and they said oxygen

> levels could not possibly could do that. I am to have the other dye

> done in a couple weeks and I don't want that messed up. I will ask

> the eye doctor.

> >

> >

> >

> > I have been seeing a pulmonary doc since about the first of the

> year but O2 level hasn't been discussed as in March it read a 99.

> Yesterday I saw him again and really let an opportunity go by when I

> should have asked. When he was finishing up I mentioned that they

> had not been able to get the meter(s), they tried different ones. I

> told him about the problem with surgery and that the conclusion had

> been made that I could not possibly fluctuate that much and that was

> not really the O2 level. He said that it was the level to which I

> replied how could that be as I thought oxygen was necessary. All in

> all (my fault) I did not ask him what ramifications that has. I

> have a call in to him now and hope I get it. Looks to me like that

> would be very significant or not at all. And if it is significant I

> think he would have volunteered the information. Anybody know

> anything about that subject or how to find it? Searching diabetes I

> can type in " goals " or " targets " or " norms " and get lots of hits but

> that isn't working in regard to O2.

> >

> >

> >

> > Thanks for any suggestions.