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In people who have major respiratory issues, does their oxygen stay below 95% or can it fluctuate and hit 96-98% occasionally. sometimes mine shows 93% other times it shows 95-98?
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Some thoughts...: There are many different types of respiratory issues (major vs. minor is sort of vague). For example, a person with proper blood circulation to one-and-a-half good lungs but is missing his other half-lung should be able to oxygenate his blood just fine. When talking about oxygen saturation percentages, realize you are talking about a machine's displayed number, which may or may not be accurate.
Answered 9/5/2020
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