Do You Check You Oxygen Saturation Level?

fmdog44

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Since oxygen saturation is an issue with COVID I checked mine today and it is 95 (normal).
 

Yes. It runs between 96-98. I received my Oximeter from (where else?) Amazon.
Being a runner, it’s a good idea to check your blood O2 level before and after a run.
 
I wrote the firmware for one of those things on one of my engineering contracts a couple of years ago. Does that count? :)

Tony
 

Yes, but only when my asthma flares. It's very mild and I've never checked O2 sats until this year. Bought a pulse oximeter soon after learning of the outbreak in China.
 
Another who purchased one on Amazon at the start of Covid-19. I also ordered a thermometer, which is a piece of junk. They refused a return unless I made a video of it being used. No way. Both these sellers had bad reviews, which I didn’t realize until later.

I’m an Amazon novice and will do better research next time.
 
Yes. I have CHF and sometimes retain fluid, so I need to monitor my breathing. I do it routinely once a week when I also check my BP.
 
Jules said:
Another who purchased one on Amazon at the start of Covid-19. I also ordered a thermometer, which is a piece of junk. They refused a return unless I made a video of it being used. No way. Both these sellers had bad reviews, which I didn’t realize until later.

I’m an Amazon novice and will do better research next time.
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When reading reviews on Amazon, select "verified purchase" and "most recent" reviews. Reviews automatically default to "most helpful" and they're sometimes outdated.
 
Sunny said:
For those who do check, what are you supposed to do if it gets a little low?
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Most of the time when O2 sats go low, people feel short of breath. With Covid, that's not always the case ...another way in which this virus is so atypical. O2 sats can drop without symptoms with Covid, but lung damage is occurring due to the lack of oxygen. That wasn't understood at the first of the outbreak when we were told to wait until we were short of breath to seek medical treatment. That's why people were arriving at the hospital and quickly going into respiratory distress. Their lungs were already compromised before they felt short of breath.

If you get Covid, or think you may be coming down with it, then decreasing O2 sats are an indication that you need oxygen therapy. My doctor orders pulse oximeters and oxygen therapy through home health for seniors.
 
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If you have a pre-existing condition such as COPD, Emphysema, CHF, and your O/2 levels get below 90 consistently, contact your doctor. That also applies to anyone who simply checks, and then begins feeling ill, has a fever and other symptoms, again contact your doctor.
 
C'est Moi said:
Most Americans don't, either. Unless someone has a health condition where monitoring 02 is necessary, it was never a "thing" until Covid-19 put everyone into a panic.
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Athletes monitor O2 sats when training. The pulse oximeter I bought early on in Covid was for athletes. Came with training tracking features.
 

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