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My uncle was diagnosed with covid 2 months back. He was admitted and given steriods. He was diagnosed with viral pneumonia. He was administrated with remedesivir and faviflu as well. He was released after 20 days. Soon after his discharge, he started having persistent fever of about 99-100, o2 saturation of about 89 and CRP of about 8. His reports

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I was tested covid positive on 24th april .ri8 now i m on isolation .i having only coughing issue which.is not severe .my smell & taste came back but for last 2 days my O2 saturation level was 90 to 92 but after walking sometym like 4 to 5 mins it will gone.upper to 95 to 98.my.heart rate always between 100 to.125 for last 2 days .i m taking mo

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My father got admitted to hospital a week ago with a very low oxygen saturation level of 85. Partial pressure of O2 was also very low and that of CO2 was very high. After a week of NIV support in ICU, it gradually improved to 90s and CO2 came down and O2 pp reached 60. Shifted to ward with NIV, but in 2-3 hours oxygen saturation went down to 81 and

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Hello there. I can understand your concern. You have just mentioned about the partial pressure of o2 and co2 but what exactly is he suffering from? Whats causing these things. Till his o2 stats re ...  Read More

Patient is having saturation of 85-89 when lying and 92-93 when she sits. Her TB medication are going on. If she is on 2L oxygen than she maintains the saturation of 92-95. How can saturation brings back to normal ???

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I feel low on energy and have regular headaches. I got all tests done like vitamin deficiencies, thyroid, haemogram etc. All are ok. Normal diagnosis doctors gave is stress headaches, kind of mild depression. I am taking treatment from psychatrist in the meanwhile I am also taking oxygen saturation reading due to current pandemic situation. I obse

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My father is suspected to be covid positive and having low Oxygen saturation varying from 81 to 93. He is not having breathlessness issues. He has given PCR test and awaiting results. Is oxygen saturation percent in this level dangerous. Should he be on some medication. He seems normal.

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My mom got her blood test done. She has a transferrin saturation of 14% and her TIBC is 413. But her haemoglobin is under a normal range. What does a low tranferrin saturation and slightly higher TIBC signify ? Anything to worry ? I have attached her blood reports below.

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Heart problem to the blood pump low, they oxygen saturation is Droped... Why plzz say clarify this Dought sir

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My daughter 3.6 years has had a cold and cough for the last 4 days. We went to the doctor and the doctor said her chest is clear and diagnosed her with a upper respiratory tract infection. But she is having some weird symptoms. Her oxygen saturation is not stable, it goes down to 92% sometimes. We used Nasoclear and Nasiviv nasal drops, and then he

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My father inlaw tested positive today his saturation level shows 92, 93, 94. Is it required to join hospital immediately. Please reply sir/mam

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My daughter is 3.5 Years old , She is having cold and cough and throat pain for the last 3 days , We took her to the hospital and the dr took x-ray , That looks normal. She is very active and normal. Doesn't seems to be sick. But while sleeping her oxygen saturation is between 90-93. Her breathing rate and all normal. What could be the reason ?

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Hello Doctor I'm Shamili ,34 yrs old Due to Abortion ,my hb levels are 9.4 Can low hb cause saturation drops ? Doctor now gave iron tablets for it I'm on my periods 4th day, suddenly from 8:30 pm I'm feeling like my oxygen levels are dropping I checked saturation - starting it was 98 then after walk again i check saturation now its showing arou

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Hi Suppose saturation levels of 98 and 99 indicates the lungs and heart are healthy or not??. I have a doubt actually.

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Saturation is normal ...  Read More

Hello sir Oxygen saturation level in blood 95 and 96 normal or not?? Please clarify my doubt sir .

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My mother is a patient of diabetes and blood pressure, she takes medicine if it. Currently in regular check up, iron - 30 (ref range 33-193), TIBC - 620 (ref range 250-450), UIBC - 590 (ref range 135 - 392) Transferrin saturation - 4.93 (ref range 14-50). ESR - 24 (ref range 0-19) Haemoglobin 10.4 (ref range 12-15) RBC - 3.7 (ref range

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Hi, my mother recovered from covid a month ago. Her oxygen saturation is 95-96 while sitting upright but drops to 91-92 when she lays down on bed. Is this normal? She's still using 0.5L supplemental oxygen during activities as advised by the discharging hospital.

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Hi. I understand your concern s. Do a online consult for a detailed analysis of your symptoms and to suggest you further management plan and treatment prescription ...  Read More

Since the situation is getting worse and there is a shortage of O2. And in case of emergency, patients are getting critical within the time we are trying to arrange an O2. Also Hoarding O2 is ethically incorrect & illegal right now. So can I purchase an Oxygen Concentrator? Will it be useful in emergency purposes???

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Yes it will be helpful for patient who needs less than 5litres of O2 . If you can afford ,it will be useful to patients who needs mild oxygen support.definetely yes for emergency purposes. ...  Read More

I am 35 yrs old male. My family has 4 covid positive member but i tested negative on 29 june. Now i have very minor cough and sometimes oxygen saturation went down to 88% but i felt only little drowsy. After one minute my oxygen level comes to normal that is 97-98. Else everything is fine. What should i do now?

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I am 28 year old female who exercises often. My mother has a pulse oximeter and i used it just out of curiosity. My blood oxygen saturation was 99 at rest but when I ran on the treadmill with it for a couple of minutes, it dropped to 86. My heart rate was only about 130. I generally exercise at a much higher level than I did during this test and I

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Hello ! Definitely the drop in saturation you have mentioned is significant and needs attention. Kindly consult a pulmonologist and get evaluated. ...  Read More

Baby oxygen saturation low (tga). My query is many doctors say that after successful surgery of tga the baby will face many kind of complications in life after surgery. So main problem is if new complications will occur and if baby will not live healthy life like normal baby so there is no reason of surgery anyone please help is there any good resu

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I can understand your concern, but thats how it is...It may face new complications sec to surgery in future... But in this era those complications have come down a lot, and more surgeries are successf ...  Read More

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