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A member asked:
If you have real breathing issues will pulse ox read abnormal? sometimes feel like i have trouble breathing but oxygen is at 100.
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Get help: "real" breathing issues require a visit to md and not self diagnosis with pulse ox. Taking pulse ox frequently may be adding to your anxiety.
Answered 5/1/2014
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