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Can being over weight cause decrease in 02 saturations?

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Yes: Obesity can cause a form of restrictive lung disease because it is difficult to inflate the lungs to breathe.

Answered 6/20/2014

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Yes: But, it usually has to be very overt. Morbidly obese people will have restricted lung expansion, and overtime, may develop a disease known as pulmonary hypertension which in and of itself would lower their o2 saturation, but even prior to it, the restricted lung expansion can potentially lower o2 saturation.

Answered 9/28/2016

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