Question 1

How do i get my oxygen saturation level up?

Accepted Answer

Several factors determine oxygen saturation. These include the amount of oxygen you breathe, the ability of the lungs to extract oxygen, the amount of red cells to carry oxygen, the ability of the heart and blood vessels to deliver oxygen to tissues, and efficiency of organ to use oxygen, any problems affecting these can cause low saruration. Treating a disease, exercise, supplemental o2 may help.

Question 2

Are oxygen saturation levels lower in the elderly?

Accepted Answer

As we age, it may get a little harder for the oxygen to get into the blood through your lungs. But, as long as you have healthy lungs, the oxygen saturation levels can be normal well into one's 80s or 90s.

Question 3

Why can't i breath but my oxygen saturation level is good?

Accepted Answer

...Is caused by many abnormalities in the body, not simply low o2 levels.    Some patients can have significant shortness of breath from copd, pneumonia, asthma and other illnesses without a low o2 level.  If you continue to have trouble, you should see a doctor for evaluation to figure out why this is happening.

Question 4

What helps the body maintain a healthy oxygen saturation levels?

Accepted Answer

Traverse the interstitial to the blood vessel wall to the blood cells goes to tissues and be delivered. Normal saturation therefore depends on the oxygen source, healthy alveoli with enough surface area, thin and healthy interstitial and blood vessel wall and normal and adequate blood cells and healthy consumption of o2. That is the balance.

Question 5

What common medical conditions are associated with low oxygen saturation levels?

Accepted Answer

Hypoxia (low oxygen saturations) are usually caused by lung disease (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asbestosis, pulmonary fibrosis, etc). Many heart conditions (especially congenital defects in the new born) may result in low oxygen saturation levels. Beware of false lows with pulse oximetry readingson cold hands, peripheral vascular disease or really callussed finger tips.

Question 6

Is 98 percent oxygen saturation level for a smoker who has been smoking for19 years good?

Accepted Answer

Yes. But the test is deceptive.  It does not mean you do not have lung damage. It does not measure how much carbon dioxide you have or how many of your red blood cells are no longer available to carry oxygen. It just tells me that you are still young enough that you have some ability to maintain good oxygen levels despite the  nineteen years of trying to damage your lungs.

Question 7

Oxygen saturation seems to hover around 94 when awake. drops to 89 when dosing off. machine then beeps waking me up, levels immediately rise.thoughts?

Accepted Answer

You likely has sleep apnea causing oxygen to decline with sleep. You need a sleep study if overnite oximetry shows desaturation as you state.

Question 8

How much does a low oxygen saturation level affect judgment?

Accepted Answer

A low oxygen saturation definitely affects judgment. Your brain is one of the organs that is heavily dependent on proper oxygenation. If you decrease the oxygen saturation, judgment may be impaired.

Question 9

Could sepsis cause oxygen saturation levels to fall?

Accepted Answer

Sepsis can cause acute lung injury (ali) and adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) which are both reactions of the lung to the toxins and cytokines in the body and cause the alveoli to fill with inflammatory exudate thus preventing the exchange of gases and causing the oxygen saturations to fall.

Question 10

For blood oxygen saturation level - what is the fatal and normal range?

Accepted Answer

If you look at the p50 or oxygen saturation curve, anything above 90% is ok for the hemoglobin to unload as it gets into the tissues and supply them. As the curve goes down to 75% about pao2 of 45, this nears the saturation in the veins where unloading of oxygen to the tissues including heart muscles becomes difficult and there will be eventual death as it gets lower than that.

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Are oxygen saturation levels lower in the elderly?

Why can't i breath but my oxygen saturation level is good?

What helps the body maintain a healthy oxygen saturation levels?

What common medical conditions are associated with low oxygen saturation levels?

Is 98 percent oxygen saturation level for a smoker who has been smoking for19 years good?

Oxygen saturation seems to hover around 94 when awake. drops to 89 when dosing off. machine then beeps waking me up, levels immediately rise.thoughts?

How much does a low oxygen saturation level affect judgment?

Could sepsis cause oxygen saturation levels to fall?

For blood oxygen saturation level - what is the fatal and normal range?

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