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A member asked:

Is a pulse oxygen level at 97 good?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Pulse ox: That is fine. 95 to 100% is just fine.

Dr Rhoads agreed

Answered 6/19/2020

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Yes: 97 percent M is a normal oxygen level.

Dr Rhoads agreed

Answered 6/19/2020

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Would you have symptoms if your blood oxygen level truly jumped around from 97 to 84 in a minute and then back up? What causes that? Its happened several times with a finger pulse oximeter. Is that probably an error? 30 year old. 3 weeks postpartum.

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Can GERD give you shortness of breath? Sometimes when I check my oxygen levels with a pulse oximeter, my heart rate is fine, but my oxygen evels will change sometimes from 97 to 94 randomly, not sure if it has to do with my GERD symptoms?

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Is it normal for my oxygen levels to fall From 99 to 91 when walking/ exercising with pulse oximeter?

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