Question 1

if low oxygen levels are causing seizures would the best way to treat them be finding out why oxygen is dropping?

Accepted Answer

If that is the case?: When you experience a seizure, your oxygen level might dip and your carbon dioxide will also change.  Many metabolic changes accompany seizures.  I suspect that oxygenation due to seizure activity, not the reverse.  You do not list your current anti-seizure meds, but i presume you are taking some medication.  Altering your medicines may successfully control the seizures.

Question 2

if your oxygen level drops too low, could that cause a non epileptic seizure. also, if you have severe copd would exercise lower your oxygen level.

Accepted Answer

Yes and yes: A very low oxygen tension can make people have seizure like activity or unconsciousness depending on the response of the cells of circuitry in your brain. The cells can become irritable and have more discharges. People with COPD are exercised to see if they need o2 as oxygenation can drop with activity depending on the severity of disease.

Question 3

the oximeter does tell me his oxygen level goes down during a seizure.. my question was is his heartbeat being in the 80s instead of 60s while sleeping a concern?

Accepted Answer

: Not particularly. These are well within the normal range of sleep related heart rates. Various metabolic processes are active during sleep and will speed or slow the rate based on circulating factors.

Question 4

what sleep disturbance can cause 5 year old's entire body muscle contraction, arm/leg movement, stiffening, kid trying to say right leg hurt, in a car seat? loss of oxygen from low legs hanging? er didn't think seizure. doctor wasn't sure. lasted 1-2?

Accepted Answer

: If you are worried than you have to take him to a pediatric neurologist. It is not from any of the things you mention. It could be just a one time thing which cant be explained so observation is another option. Hope your child gets well

Question 5

how long does a babies lips show blue from hypoxia after regaining oxygen?

Accepted Answer

A few seconds: This is a loaded question, since the observation should hopefully be only after resuscitation in an EMS setting or after a spell at home and EMS is on the way. Blue lips signal a profound hypoxia, with oxygen saturations down into the 70's usually. If this is happening regularly, a cardiology visit is imperative. If it happens with cold, that's mainly just venous pooling, though ask your doc asap.

Question 6

my mother has pneumonia and her lungs are also traumatized by a recent colonscopy, her po2 is 61. her oxygen saturation drops to 49 every now and then it comes back to 80,s and 90,s. she also had a cardiac arrest 2 days ago due to hypoxia. what to do?

Accepted Answer

: It sounds as though your mother needs to be in a hospital, perhaps even in intensive care unit, to be sure that she is getting enough oxygen to her organs. Future plans will depend on how she is doing after she gets out of the hospital. Good luck.

Question 7

arterial blood gases, very low oxygen levels found in my baby. will he have cp?

Accepted Answer

Can't tell: These are tests of a single point in time.  Brief low oxygen levels usually don't harm a newborn.  If low oxygen is prolonged, then problems may arise.  Talk with the doctor who ordered the test or who knows your baby best.

Question 8

i was just diagnosed with petite mals seizures and am still in the hospital, they have me on o2 currently and i am curious if i should ask for a prescription for an o2 tank for when i feel the seizure coming on to help get oxygen to my brain or if there a

Accepted Answer

Not so sure: Petit mal seizures usually occur in adolescents, and suspect that you more likely now have partial complex seizures, which will NOT respond to oxygen at all.  Have no clue where you live, but you need a neurologist to treat this and confirm diagnosis.

Question 9

what fixes low oxygen level at night?

Accepted Answer

Depends on cause...: Most often, this is related to obstructive sleep apnea.  This is when your airway becomes "floppy" while sleeping.  The airway closes and no air can pass into the lungs.  Therefore, the oxygen level drops.  Using oxygen at night won't fix the problem if this is related to sleep apnea.  You will need a special machine that increases the pressure in your airway while sleeping.  See a sleep doctor.

Question 10

can the body adapt to low oxygen levels ?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Think about americans who live in denver, sherpas that live in tibet, & the maya in south america. These are populations of people who have become accustomed in one way or another to a lower atmospheric oxygen level, and in the mayans a lower blood oxygen level. Another sea-level example would be a person with emphysema who may run a blood oxygen level of 88% and still be walking around home depot.

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If low oxygen levels are causing seizures would the best way to treat them be finding out why oxygen is dropping?

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If your oxygen level drops too low, could that cause a non epileptic seizure. also, if you have severe copd would exercise lower your oxygen level.

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The oximeter does tell me his oxygen level goes down during a seizure.. my question was is his heartbeat being in the 80s instead of 60s while sleeping a concern?

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What sleep disturbance can cause 5 year old's entire body muscle contraction, arm/leg movement, stiffening, kid trying to say right leg hurt, in a car seat? loss of oxygen from low legs hanging? er didn't think seizure. doctor wasn't sure. lasted 1-2?

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How long does a babies lips show blue from hypoxia after regaining oxygen?

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My mother has pneumonia and her lungs are also traumatized by a recent colonscopy, her po2 is 61. her oxygen saturation drops to 49 every now and then it comes back to 80,s and 90,s. she also had a cardiac arrest 2 days ago due to hypoxia. what to do?

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Arterial blood gases, very low oxygen levels found in my baby. will he have cp?

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I was just diagnosed with petite mals seizures and am still in the hospital, they have me on o2 currently and i am curious if i should ask for a prescription for an o2 tank for when i feel the seizure coming on to help get oxygen to my brain or if there a

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What fixes low oxygen level at night?

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Can the body adapt to low oxygen levels ?

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